Photo Essay: Firefighters on installation fire department dive team participate in ice rescue training at frozen lake at Fort McCoy, Part I

Story by Scott Sturkol January 14, 2023 at 01:54AM Firefighters with the Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department dive team practice an ice rescue scenario Jan. 11, 2023, at a frozen Big Sandy Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Fort Drum firefighters support sustainers during cold-water immersion training

Story by Michael Strasser January 10, 2023 at 02:23PM Fort Drum firefighters assist the 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Soldiers complete cold-water immersion training during the Sustainer of the Quarter competition Jan. 10 at Remington Park.

USAG Wiesbaden fire department named best Fire Prevention Program in Europe

Story by sayydeah shah January 09, 2023 at 07:38AM WIESBADEN, Germany – U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden was recently named the 2022 Best Fire Prevention Program of the Year by Installation Management Command Europe for their fire safety efforts across the garrison military community.

Fort Rucker Soldier awarded Soldier’s Medal

Story by Kelly Morris January 05, 2023 at 10:28PM FORT RUCKER, Ala. - Spc. Kevin L. Killens, Jr., a Fort Rucker firefighter with the 6th Military Police Detachment, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal January 5, 2022, in a ceremony at Yano Hall, for risking his life to save the life of a resident in the local Wiregrass community. On May 16, 2021, then-Private 1st Class Killens had just completed a 12-hour volunteer shift providing emergency medical support to the community of Daleville, Ala. While returning from an ambulance run, driving along County Road 109 near Level Plains, he and his partner from the Daleville Rescue Squad saw smoke near a tree line and decided to drive in that direction to find out its source.

Manned and Ready

December 29, 2022 at 09:05PM Petty Officer 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon With the recent flurry of general quarters and other damage control exercises the ship has undergone in preparation for COMPTUEX and our upcoming deployment, some Sailors may have come to view these drills as tedious. However, it may be important to remember the ramifications should we fail to correctly make use of this training in an actual casualty.