Lebanon firefighters Craig Noyes, left, and Jacob Astbury, right, practice rescuing their colleague Chris Pearson, middle, in a city-owned training house on South Main Street in West Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, May 9, 2025. Noyes and Astbury, are completing a five-week recruit academy for new hires to the Lebanon Fire Department. After filling a vacancy left by a retiring firefighter and four newly created positions, the department is now fully staffed. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Valley News — James M. Patterson

Lebanon Firefighter Craig Noyes puts on his breathing mask with its lens blacked out to simulate the low visibility of a smokey fire in a rapid intervention training exercise in West Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, May 9, 2025. During the exercise, firefighters respond to a call of an injured colleague and provide them with supplemental oxygen before removing them from the building. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) James M. Patterson

Lebanon Fire Capt. Jon Copeland, left, and firefighter Christian Wilde, on stairs, critique new hires Craig Noyes, back left, and Jacob Astbury, right, after a rescue training exercise in West Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, May 9, 2025. Noyes, of Newport, Vt., is joining the department after working as an EMT, and Astbury also serves as chief of the Pomfret Teago Volunteer Fire Department. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) James M. Patterson