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OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, October 1, 2009 · 16 Powerful lessons PHOTOS BY NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER AT FIRE TRAINING OPEN HOUSE: At the Oakville Fire Training/Prevention Campus annual open house on Saturday, firefighters Wayne DeSousa and Fab Biagi (right) wait the four minutes that it takes firefighters to get to the scene of a fire before tackling a blaze during a residential sprinkler demonstration. Above left, Laura Lambert, 10, completes the Junior Firefighter Challenge with help from Jesse Gabel while at right, Ella Jeffery, 6, tries to peer through a smokey room before using out the thermal imagery camera that helps firefighters as they search for missing people in fire situations.The open house event featured fire safety presentations, a residential sprinkler demonstration, the Junior Firefighter Challenge, rescue demonstrations, fire truck rides and more.