It was a cold morning as the sun struggled to break through the fog at the North Net Training Facility on the first day of the fire academy. The breath of 18 firefighter recruits danced through the air as they stood lined up behind their bags awaiting instruction promptly at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 22. Each recruit had the same goal in mind – make it through the 8-week academy and become firefighters. Day one wasn’t about to start slow, as the new recruits were immediately put through an intensive physical workout before class instruction started. The recruits began their…