A boot camp for firefighters

Vancouver Sun photographer Jenelle Schneider was in Merritt this week, where about 85 forest firefighter candidates took part in a spring training “boot camp.” Recruits tested their physical stamina and mental toughness with the hope of eventually joining some of the best firefighting crews in the world.

Future forest firefighters at a boot camp in Merritt created a hand guard, a method to help decrease the spread of wildfire.