Published July 15. 2026 09:48AM<\/p>\n
The 15 campers of Northampton Fire Department\u2019s fire cadets summer camp gather for a group photo next to the department\u2019s tower truck. Participants attended free of charge due to donations.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY DONNA GEWERTZMembers of Northampton Fire Department extinguish a fire at Whitehall Township Fire Department\u2019s training grounds.<\/p>\n
Northampton firefighter Joey Pinkerton (left) assists Ashton Werkheiser in repacking a water rescue bag.<\/p>\n
Ben Previato, of Bethlehem, operates a Holmatro cutter tool to cut a pipe during a rescue simulation.<\/p>\n
Rescue training for cadets included using a Holmatro spreader tool to lift ping pong balls from a traffic cone, as demonstrated by Sophia Torres, of Northampton.<\/p>\n
Zoeliz Vazquez looks over emergency escape plan diagrams used for interior structural firefighting.<\/p>\n
Camp participants line up under the direction of Capt. Mike Dempsey after raising the U.S. flag to start their day.<\/p>\n
Jackson Walck (center rear) throws a water rescue bag filled with rope to other campers acting as victims in the Northampton Borough Municipal Swimming Pool on Laubach Avenue.<\/p>\n
At left, Shyann Williams, of Coplay, operates an underwater rescue water drone with guidance from Lt. Colyn Gerstenberg from the fire department.<\/p>\n
Cadet Jonah Molina Espinal, right, takes the nozzle to fight a training fire, with backup from Captain Mike Dempsey and Cadet Jackson Walck, during Northampton Fire Department\u2019s summer camp held July 6-10 at the fire station, 4 Lerchenmiller Drive. Camp cadets were exposed to various firefighting and emergency-related activities during the camp, which focused on team building, hands-on skills, mentorship and discipline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published July 15. 2026 09:48AM The 15 campers of Northampton Fire Department\u2019s fire cadets summer camp gather for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-244282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}