Friday, December 11, 2020

DOD Fire Academy

 


GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, TX, UNITED STATES
12.10.2020
Photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves 
17th Training Wing Public Affairs  
 
Joint services collaborate in vertical ventilation training simulations at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 10, 2020. The DOD fire academy provided training to uniformed and civilian members of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and other organizations while building partnership capacities with allied nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)


U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Eugene Dotson, 312th Training Squadron fire protection instructor, coaches Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Geovannie Rios-Santos, 312th Training Squadron fire protection student, on weight distribution and proper ways to quickly remove the combustible roof during a vertical ventilation training exercise at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 10, 2020. Vertical ventilation was an offensive strategy that students utilized to create a 4x4 foot exhaust port in order to remove hot and toxic air from inside the burning building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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