
MARTIN, Tenn. – The City of Martin Fire Department took part in confined-space rescue training Aug. 5-7 in a storm drain near the Latimer-Smith Engineering and Science Building on the main campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The training took place in a space 13 inches by 24 inches wide in a 20-foot-deep storm drain. Members of the department’s special operations team and shift personnel took part in the training. Firefighter Cory Oglesby is shown preparing to be hoisted up out of the confined space, a 13-by-24-inch area in a storm drain near the Latimer-Smith Engineering and Science Building on the UT Martin campus. Photo by Nathan Morgan/UTM.