The new recruits are learning to tackle a range of challenges from saving flood victims to rescuing casualties from high-rise buildings.
The couple were also taken a short distance across the 50-acre site of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Learning and Development College, outside Cookstown in Co Tyrone, in the red engine, but travelled at a sedate pace.
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service welcomed the Prince and Princess of Wales to its new state-of-the-art Learning & Development College, outside Cookstown in Co. Tyrone. Photo: William Cherry/Presseye
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service welcomed the Prince and Princess of Wales to its new state-of-the-art Learning & Development College, outside Cookstown in Co. Tyrone Photo: William Cherry/Presseye
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service welcomed the Prince and Princess of Wales to its new state-of-the-art Learning & Development College, outside Cookstown in Co. Tyrone. Photo: William Cherry/Presseye
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service welcomed the Prince and Princess of Wales to its new state-of-the-art Learning & Development College, outside Cookstown in Co. Tyrone Photo: William Cherry/Presseye