PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH

Western Salisbury Fire Department firefighters Nicholas Fisher, left, and Benjamin Metzger, use a hydraulic "jaws-of-life" type power tool to cut through a pillar of a junked vehicle recently at a training exercise at the Allentown Fire Academy at the Mack South fire station along Lehigh Street. The exercise, under the supervision of a state-certified vehicle rescue trainer, was part of a classroom and practical training course Western Salisbury Fire Department provided for its firefighters.