Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Blikian runs to the last task of a timed course with his trainer running behind him on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Fire recruit Blikian runs to the last task of a timed course with his trainer running behind him on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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During the next 13 weeks, new Glendale Fire recruits will climb ladders, and a slew of other equipment, at the training site located on a Glendale public works lot near Chevy Chase Drive and San Fernando Road.

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Baker stands 7 stories up on a fully extended ladder and leans back until he is told to stop on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Recruits roll, then unroll, lengths of fire hose on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Woo attaches hose to a collar, being watched and timed by the trainer behind him, on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Recruits wait to run a timed course as recruit McDermott finishes on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Thoensen runs down a fire department training tower as part of a timed drill on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Harteni secures lengths of 4-inch line together during a drill on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Bird leans back atop a fully-extended ladder on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Wood runs up a fire training tower during a timed drill on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruits Andrew, Baker, Bird and Blikian run together to learn the positions on a timed course they will soon run on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Recruits wait to be released to get a quick drink of water, then off to multiple stations to run training exercises on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Fire recruit Thoensen, secures a line of hose to a hydrant on the first station of a times course she will run on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

Recruits unroll, then roll, lenghts of fire hose on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Glendale FD recruits on the first day of training

A recruit climbs to the top of tiller truck 26, 7 stories high, on the first day of recruit training for the Glendale Fire Department at the department training grounds in Glendale on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)