PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH

Sometimes scheduling realities make it necessary for fire department volunteers to give up a Saturday in addition to the traditional Monday evening drill sessions for volunteer firefighters. Here, Upper Sacon firefighters prepare to enter the live fire/smoke-filled tower at the Emmaus Fire Academy facility along Kline's Lane, Emmaus, recently. In a drill to train with infrared heat camera equipment, Upper Saucon firefighters Captain Dave Morrel, Firefighter Allan Rockel, and Assistant Chief Robert Jones, along with Training Officer and Deputy Chief of the Emmaus Fire Department Justin DeLong, prepare to enter the smoke-filled tower at the training facility.