Junior firefighters pick up the torch

When her grandmother and mother joined the Nordheim Volunteer Fire Department, Addison Corpus tagged along to training sessions and meetings, basically growing up at the fire station.

“It was kind of like a family thing,” Corpus said, describing the relationships that connect herself and two other junior firefighters to the fire station.

Now a 17-year-old, Corpus along with Cody Jones, 16, and Tanner Green, 14, expanded their skills and knowledge for a week in June at the Junior Firefighter Camp at West Virginia University.