This video was a gift to the graduates of Chattanooga Fire Academy 2014 and is not for sale. No profit was made from the production of this video. This video starts by paying homage to the popular HBO series "Game of Thrones." The composer was Ramin Djawadi. Instead of seeing different fictional kingdoms, you see an aerial view of Chattanooga (TN) and all 19 Chattanooga fire stations. This was done with Google Earth. The next segment featuring our fitness instructor used the theme song for the HBO series "True Blood." The song "Bad Things" was written and performed by Jace Everett. The video then gets more serious with a short two minute segment focusing solely on the recruits climbing a 109-foot ladder for the first time. Most of the footage was taken by helmet cam to provide a first-person point of view. You can actually hear the firefighters breathing through their air masks, and you also hear the wind picking up as they get higher up the ladder. The beautiful music was composed by Hans Zimmer, and was the theme for the movie "Man of Steel." The next two segments focus on the fire training. One main HD camera and several helmet cams were used to capture the training as it happened. The particularly dramatic music came from the movie "Inception." The composer was Zack Hemsey. The video wraps up with the song "Good Riddance" by Green Day, and "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.

• published: 05 Sep 2014
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