Members of Chattanooga’s Fire Academy Class of 2012 finished their live fire training exercises last week by burning down a house. The donated structure, located at 2618 Cowart Street, was used earlier last week to teach the cadets tactics in search-and-rescue and fire suppression. After cutting ventilation holes and stuffing the house full of wooden pallets and straw, the firefighters set the house ablaze. Following established tradition for each academy, the 23 cadets then posed for their class photo. If they make it through the entire six months of intense training, they will graduate in May. (Photo by David Laprad)