Team Rota: ABH2 Logan Schinabeck

Story by Courtney Pollock February 23, 2023 at 05:58AM Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Logan Schinabeck is a firefighter and driver operator assigned to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Fire Department. “I am an Engine 2 driver operator,” he explained. “On a daily basis I am in charge of daily inspections of my fire apparatus as well as knowing how to accomplish different quantities and pressures to different discharges throughout the pump on the apparatus.” Schinabeck, from Ludlow, Massachusetts, joined the Navy in May 2015. His first command was Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) where he completed two deployments to the Persian Gulf during his five years there. In late 2020, he attended the Department of Defense Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas before arriving to NAVSTA Rota.

Team Rota: ABH2 Logan Schinabeck

Story by Courtney Pollock February 23, 2023 at 05:58AM Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Logan Schinabeck is a firefighter and driver operator assigned to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Fire Department. “I am an Engine 2 driver operator,” he explained. “On a daily basis I am in charge of daily inspections of my fire apparatus as well as knowing how to accomplish different quantities and pressures to different discharges throughout the pump on the apparatus.” Schinabeck, from Ludlow, Massachusetts, joined the Navy in May 2015. His first command was Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) where he completed two deployments to the Persian Gulf during his five years there. In late 2020, he attended the Department of Defense Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas before arriving to NAVSTA Rota.

Bilateral exercise on Camp Hansen familiarizes Marines and firefighters with responding to aircraft mishap

Story by Lance Cpl. Thomas Sheng February 22, 2023 at 04:27AM CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines partnered with local Japanese fire and police departments for a bilateral air mishap exercise, simulating a rescue from a burning aircraft accident at the fire training facility on Camp Hansen, Feb. 9, 2023. This training tasked participants with extinguishing two fires from an accident that split a rotary wing aircraft into two pieces. While some tended to the fires, the remaining responders pulled any simulated casualties from the scene and treated their wounds accordingly. Casualties who needed additional medical treatment were airlifted to the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa.

137th SOW, OKC first responders conduct tornado response exercise

Story by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire February 21, 2023 at 11:53AM Airmen with the 137th Special Operations Wing and Oklahoma City first responders from Oklahoma City Fire Department and Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services Authority trained alongside each other during a major accident response exercise at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Feb. 8, 2023.

US, NATO firefighters train for agile F-16 emergency response

Story by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Plyler February 16, 2023 at 12:20PM The 52nd Fighter Wing Fire and Emergency Service (FES) team along with the 52nd FW Plans and Programs section trained 24 of their NATO counterparts on F-16 Fighting Falcon emergency procedures at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, Feb 15, 2023.