The "Five D's" of dodgeball, according to "the great" Patches O'Houlihan in the movie "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," are: Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.
"If you master these," O'Houilhan proclaimed during a training session in the movie, "no amount of balls on earth can hit you."
South Whatcom Fire Authority would like to add a sixth "D" to that list, and it might just save a firefighter's life.
Don't use up your air. On its Facebook page, South Whatcom Fire posted video of crews going through training in the apparatus bay at the Geneva Station Tuesday evening, focusing on air management or air conservation skills.
Their training method? A friendly game of dodgeball — though in this one, everyone is wearing approximately 55 pounds of turnout gear, including an air pack, and the winner isn't the last man standing, but rather the last man with air.