Ryan Holmes, right, a firefighter with the Wells Fire Department, receives hand line training at the Yarmouth Fire-Rescue Training Center on Saturday, March 12. Supervising is Julian Beale, an instructor with the Maine Fire Service Institute in Brunswick and a lieutenant with the Auburn Fire Department. Holmes and 12 other firefighters from around the state were participating in the second weekend of training in preparation for a nine-day academy in May. (Melanie Sochan / For The Forecaster)