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Taming the flames

U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron approach a controlled fire using hand lines during a base-wide exercise at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, April 27, 2023. The 100th CES was practicing suppression techniques on a simulated aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Campbell)
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Travis firefighters help community battle Solano wildfires

Airman 1st Class Ryan Girouex, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, extinguishes a fire on a shed on Soaring Eagle Trail in Vacaville, Calif., Aug. 20, 2020. The 60th CES loaned 28 personnel and five trucks to aid in the fight against the LNU Lightning Complex fire, a cluster of fires that forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch)
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Training prepares Oregon Guardsmen for fighting fires

Oregon National Guard Airmen and Soldiers hike their way uphill to a training area at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Academy, August 15, 2017 in Salem, Oregon. The refresher training was an effort to prepare the Guardsmen to deploy to support the High Cascade complex fire near Crater Lake, Ore. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. John Hughel)
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Up in flames: Fire Department conducts live fire training

Master Sgt. Corey T. Coleman, the 612th Air Base Squadron’s lead firefighter, instructs and manages the team to ensure the training runs smoothly. The fire department hosted a public fire training at Soto Cano Air Base, June 16, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julie Kae)
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Firefighter training

Senior Airman Antonio Harmon and Tech. Sgt. Michael Gagnier, firefighters assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, fight a fire during training April 26, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The training helped the firefighters gain experience and build cohesiveness to work as a team for potential real-world scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo /Senior Airman Nick Emerick)
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Guard, Reserve units complete annual firefighting training with U.S. Forest Service

A C130 Hercules aircraft from the 152nd Airlift Wing of Reno, Nevada, loaded with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, drops a water line while training to contain wildfires just outside Boise, Idaho, April 21, 2017. More than 400 personnel from four C-130 Guard and Reserve units — from California, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming, making up the Air Expeditionary Group — are in Boise for the week-long wildfire training and certification sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Nieko Carzis)
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Senior Master Sgt. Jason Theriault sprays water to extinguish a simulated fire at the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 5, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. Theriault, a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron deputy fire chief and a native of Gloucester, Mass., carried hose 78 feet crossed a simulated door to a building and turned on the hose to extinguish the fire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Gerd Mueller hammers the Keiser force machine during the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 5, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. The Keiser force machine simulates hammering a hole into a burning building. Mueller is a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter crew chief and a native of Gransdorf, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Airman 1st Class Scott Weeks grasps the fire hose at the sound of the starting whistle during the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 6, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. The obstacle simulated carrying a hose up a burning building to extinguish a fire. Weeks is a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter and a native of Green Bay, Wis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Tech. Sgt. James Hickom hammers the Keiser force machine during the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 5, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. The Keiser force machine simulates hammering a hole into a burning building. Hickom is the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s 435th Construction and Training Squadron fire academy NCO in charge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Airman 1st Class Scott Weeks and Palvic Andraz hoist a 40-pound weight at the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 5, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. Hoisting the weight simulated pulling tools or an additional hose from a building roof to combat a fire. Andraz is a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter and a native of Green Bay, Wis., and Andraz is a firefighter from Slovakia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Roger Mead leads the race during the victim rescue obstacle during the first Mosel Firefighter Combat Challenge July 5, 2014, in Ediger-Eller, Germany. The victim rescue is the last obstacle of five requiring a firefighter to carry a 175-pound mannequin 30 meters to the finish line. Mead is a 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter at Royal Air Force Alconbury, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano)
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Participants run in the Jog for Joe Memorial 5K June 20, 2014, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Many run participants wore heavy explosive ordnance disposal suits or firefighter gear as part of the event to commemorate the loss of Staff Sgt. Joseph Hamski, formerly assigned to the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight, who was killed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom May 26, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)
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Staff Sgt. Bryan Souder runs beside fellow participants in the Jog for Joe Memorial 5K June 20, 2014, at the base track at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Nearly 500 Airmen and their families participated in the run to commemorate the loss of Staff Sgt. Joseph Hamski, a 52nd CES explosive ordnance disposal flight technician, who was killed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom May 26, 2011. Souder is a firefighter assigned to the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)
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