Camp Nitro, a week-long camp for teens, ages 16-18, by the Green Valley Fire District in partnership with Drexel Heights Fire Department.

Camp Nitro mirrors the original camp operated by Drexel Heights Fire Department.

Green Valley Fire hopes the camp will help with recruitment, said Battalion Chief Dan Modrzejewski.

Students learned about water rescues, repelling, hiker rescues, fire behavior, fitness routines and more.

Kayden Ruiz, 15, left, tightens a strap over fellow student Frankie Partida, 16, while their group practices using a stokes basket during a technical rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at a wash near I-19 and Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022. 

Frankie Partida, 16, right, and Max Speagle, 17, race with water hoses during a relay race at the end of the students morning workout for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 21, 2022. 

Pima County Sheriffs Department Deputy Stevan Chuk, right, PCSD Deputy Josh Terpstra, left, and PCSD Search and Rescue Crew Chief Thomas "TJ" Price demonstrate how to use the helicopter, "Sherif 1," for rescues while using camp student Gabe Carranca, 16, during Pima County Sheriff Departments class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita in Sahuarita, Ariz. on July 21, 2022. 

Amy Shultz, Green Valley Fire Department engineer and medic, reminds student Max Ramirez, 16, to squat while using a tool which represents the movement of using an extraction tool during the students morning workout for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 21, 2022. 

Max Ramirez, 16, puts on his harness while getting ready to rappel down a 10ft wash during a technical rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at a wash near I-19 and Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022. 

Mia Ramirez, 16, bottom, lays on the sand to take off the ropes while talking with Green Valley Fire Captain Josh Dyer during a technical rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at a wash near I-19 and Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Joseph Short, 16, tightens his harness while getting ready to rappel down a wash during a technical rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at a wash near I-19 and Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Madison "Maddie" Landman, 15, works on water hose pulls during a workout for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 21, 2022.

Gabe Carranca, 16, uses a Keiser sled, which simulates how firefighters use axes while battling fires, during the students morning workout for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 21, 2022.

Pima County Sheriffs Department Search and Rescue helicopter Sherif 1 reflects in the sunglasses of Kayden Ruiz, 15, while Ruiz and fellow summer camp students watch the helicopter land during Pima County Sheriff Departments class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita in Sahuarita, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

A group of summer camp students work to move a van using a rope while learning about the mechanical advantages of rope rescues during a technical rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at a wash near I-19 and Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Nico Rodgriguez, 16, tosses a throw bag to fellow student Jace Wagner, 16, during a water rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Madera Highlands Park in Sahuarita, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Jace Wagner, 16, uses an Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (E.M.I.L.Y.) during a water rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Madera Highlands Park in Sahuarita, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Nico Rodgriguez, 16, pretends to be in distressed while a fellow students uses Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (E.M.I.L.Y.) during a water rescue class for Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Madera Highlands Park in Sahuarita, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

A group of students walk into Green Valley Fire District Headquarters for lunch after learning about technical rescues during Green Valley and Drexel Heights's firefighter summer camp, Camp Nitro, at Green Valley Fire District Headquarters in Green Valley, Ariz. on July 19, 2022.

Rebecca Sasnett has been a photojournalist with Star since 2019. Previously she worked as a freelance photographer for Arizona Athletics and USA Today Sports. She loves hanging out with her three cats and four dogs.

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