Firefighter Training and Action

Dramatic scenes showing firefighters battling flames and performing training exercises, showcasing their gear, teamwork, and emergency response.

Firemen Battling Fire

332d Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen clear away debris after a simulated attack on a replicated runway during a rapid airfield damage recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 12, 2022. RADR exercises test the ability of the 332d ECES to rapidly repair runways and runway support structures to recover and resume airfield operations after it has experienced significant damage.

Silhouette of bagpiper in front of bonfire at Battle Bonfire Night; East Sussex, England

010911-N-6157F-003. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-01020. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Firemen enter the blazing CHIEF of Chaplains Building through a window. Base: Bolling Air Force Base State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Firemen battle a crop fire.

Command Sgt. Maj. Raquel DiDomenico, Fort McCoy Garrison command sergeant major, practices training with Fort McCoy firefighters Sept. 12, 2022, at a fire training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Firefighters regularly hold training to improve skills. The fire department was reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International earlier in 2022. The fire department is one of more than 200 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and the Center for Public Safety Excellence. (Photo by Hunter Young, Fort McCoy Fire Department)

DN-ST-85-01120. Base: Naval Station, Anacostia State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron fire department, spray a truck during joint training with U.S. Army medics from the 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, May 16, 2022. The readiness exercise served as their annual inspection where they responded to a simulated vehicle fire with injuries.

The 165th Airlift Wing members hosted a 9/11 Memorial 5K race on September 10, 2022 at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia to honor those lost as we commemorate the 21st year since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The 5k race gave the military, firefighters, and local community an opportunity to demonstrate their respect and memorialize those who were lost during the attacks on September 11, 2001. Fire fighters from Garden City and Pooler used their fire trucks to hang a large American flag at the starting/finishing line of the race.

Police training in North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW, task forces consisting of 100 police officers each in exercise area, practicing police operations for use during large-scale demonstrations, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Firefighters going on roof of house to extinguish fire

010911-N-3783H-077. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010924-A-5975H-001. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Parkersburg, IA, May28,2008 Parkersburg firemen survey the damaged homes from an EF-5 tornado while riding on an ATV. Barry Bahler/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of Team Misawa wait for the live-fire demonstration to start during the annual Fire Prevention Week Fire Muster at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2022. The muster is a culmination of fun events designed to bring the community and firefighters together to promote the prevention of fire mishaps through education.

Colour photograph of a New York Fire-fighter amid the rubble of the World Trade Centre following the 9/11 attacks. Dated 2001

During a press conference, officials confirmed that the efforts from various organizations to extinguish the fire had been successful and reported that 50% of the Camp Bullis fire had been contained on April 10. JBSA-Camp Bullis comprises more than 27,000 acres of ranges, training areas, and wild-lands on San Antonios Northside and is a crucial training location for service members from Joint Base San Antonio. (Video by U.S. Air Force Ruth A. Medina-Villanueva).

DN-SC-85-01013. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Special Rescue Operations firefighters with NASA Fire Rescue Services in the Protective Services Office at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice vehicle extrication training at an auto salvage yard near the center. Firefighters have removed the roof of the car using a special hydraulic cutting tool and reciprocating saw. Other firefighters have used axes and special tools to punch through and clear away the windshield and windows. Another firefighter uses the Jaws of Life on the car to simulate the rescue of a trapped and injured person.Kennedys firefighters recently achieved Pro Board Certification in aerial fire truck operations. With the completion of vehicle extrication and Jaws of Life training, the Protective Services Office is one step closer to achieving certification in vehicle machinery extrication. Kennedys firefighters are with G4S Government Solutions Inc., on the Kennedy Protective Services Contract.

DN-SC-85-01072. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03439. Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - New Orleans - 26-HK-385-53. Hurricane Katrina

Vintage Photograph. Firefighters battle intense flames in an urban neighborhood.

U.S. Marine Corps firefighters with aircraft recovery and firefighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, extract a simulated casualty from an overturned vehicle at Guardian Center, Nov. 7, 2022. Marines with MWSS-273 exercised their proficiency with various tools and their ability to extract casualties from damaged and overturned vehicles.

Miniature figurines of firemen using a hose to put out a smoking cigarette butt

DN-SC-85-01036. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-01014. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen participate in a 9/11 memorial ruck at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Sept. 09, 2022. The ruck helped raise money for an organization called Tunnel to Towers. Tunnel to Towers provides help to veterans as well as families and survivors affected by 9/11.

Senior Master Sgt. Shannon Nielsen, 155th public affairs superintendent, extinguishes a pan fire with Airman 1st Class Ryan Shukis and Justin Matthes by her side, June 15, 2022, during Statewide Safety Day in Lincoln, Neb. Other agencies, boards, and commissions throughout state government participated in different safety related events and activities.

Domestic apartment fire with smoke billowing from window. Garibaldi Square, Naples, Italy, landscape, zoomed in

DN-SC-88-04539. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage Photograph. Fire in Clubhouse at Municipal Golf Course at Foster Park in Fort Wayne Indiana.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Mobility Command's Travis Air Force Base, California, take part in a firefighting rescue event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

Members of Co. B, 2nd Bn., 27th Inf., 7th Inf. Div. (Light), battle a fire in the mountains near Cave Junction. State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

With smoke and flames billowing in the background two Air Force firefighter radio for more aid after a fuel tank explosion of a fuel tank on Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

12/03/2002, Santander Photos of the attack on the Correos government delegation and treasury Photos Juan Manuel Serrano arce.

DN-SN-89-10448. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Col. Randel Gordon, right, Arnold Engineering Development Complex commander, hauls a training dummy out through a side door of an aircraft fire simulator at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., March 9, 2023. In the front of the simulator, Chevis Lee, an Arnold AFB Fire and Emergency Services firefighter, uses a hand line to battle a fire. Gordon was given the opportunity to participate to enhance his understanding of the skill and effort required to fight fire.

040703-F-4884R-003. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of a car that was loaded with a bomb and exploded behind the 435th Tactical Air Wing Headquarters. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Firefighters attack fire during a training exercise.

Texas A&M Forest Service supports efforts to extinguish the fire in the demolition range area at JBSA-Camp Bullis on April 10, 2022. Other organizations assisting in containing the fire include: JBSA FES, Leon Springs FD, San Antonio FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Bexar County ESD 12, Bexar-Bulverde FD, Bulverde Spring-Vranch FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Texas Forestry Service, Texas Interstate Fire, Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS), District 7 Fire Rescue, Bexar County Office of, Emergency Management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, and Canyon Lake FD. JBSA-Camp Bullis comprises more than 27,000 acres of ranges, training areas, and wild-lands on San Antonios Northside and is a crucial training location for service members from Joint Base San Antonio. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert H. Dabbs).

DN-SN-85-01100. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Republic of Korea Air Force firefighters and the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department spray water on a simulated fire during a joint training exercise at Osan Air Base, ROK, Oct. 27, 2022. The training tested the 51st CES and the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) trucks ability to respond and support ROK firefighters to suppress a large-scale fire.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-127. Hurricane Katrina

An Oregon Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, carries a nearly full 2,000-gallon capacity Bambi Bucket above the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area in order to support firefighting efforts along a ridge at the Whitewater Fire, August 9, 2017. The Oregon National Guard was called upon to assist following Governor Kate Brown's emergency order on August 2. Two Chinook helicopters from the Pendleton, Oregon, based unit are currently assigned to the fire, along with the necessary flight crew, fuelers, maintainers and operations personnel.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-99. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-87-00832. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Royal Moroccan Armed Forces demonstrate fighting an airplane fire, Sept. 21, 2022, in Kenitra, Morocco, as part of joint exercise Maroc Mantlet. The fire was set to showcase the capabilities of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces fire crews. Maroc Mantlet benefits both the United States and Morocco in building a stronger partnership. Utah and Moroccan service members training and learning together improve security, professional relationships, and also tactics and techniques.

A U.S. Air Force Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) truck sprays water on a simulated fire during a joint training exercise with Republic of Korea Air Force firefighters at Osan Air Base, ROK, Oct. 27, 2022. AARF trucks can supply an extra 6,100 gallons of water and 515 gallons of foam to aid in fire suppression.

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over an oil well set ablaze by Iraqi troops during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Newly hired fire fighters assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard Fire Department, Duluth Fire Department, and Superior Fire Department respond to a structure fire during a training live fire evolution at Lake Superior College's Emergency Response Training Center, Duluth, Minnesota on October 27, 2022. The three fire departments collaborated to host a two-week, hands-on finishing course designed to assist new fire fighters be successful in their new careers and standardize training plans for area fire departments. (Air National Guard photo by Audra Flanagan)

An Airman of the 174th Attack Wing Fire Department kneels among the rescued simulated survivors of a fire during an exercise held on Hancock Field Air National Guard Base Oct. 15, 2016. The exercise was part of a unit effectiveness inspection capstone.

New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 152nd Engineer Battalion as Search and Extractors double check their equipment during a Homeland Response Force validation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 11, 2022. The Soldiers were tasked with rappelling into a confined space to rescue casualties during the exercise. (New York National Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

First responders observe the wreckage of an overturned vehicle near Kapolei Community Park, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 6, 2022, after providing emergency care to the vehicle occupants. Prior to their arrival, 1st Sgt. William P. Dowd, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, responded on scene and administered first aid to one of the victims by placing a makeshift tourniquet on one of the patient's leg. (U.S. Army illustration by 1st Sgt. Patrick Dowd)

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 8, 2022) Members of Commander, Navy Region Japan Fire and Emergency Services (CNRJ F&ES) conduct a demonstration of their firefighting capabilities during the annual Ikego Fire Prevention Parade & Open House, hosted by CNRJ F&ES). The event was held to educate service members and their families about fire safety. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

First responders; firemen and paramedics, help trapped construction worker trapped in a trench; Irving, TX USA.

Hook and ladder demonstration, Adams, Massachusetts

View of the Pentagon from the Navy Annex minutes after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the building at approximately 0930 on September 11, 2001. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fire brigade personnel are trying to control a fire on the top of the building of the dental college during a state level mock exercise on earthquake day at Agartala. Tripura, India.

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-47. Hurricane Katrina

Soldiers assigned to the 690th Brigade Support Battalion assisted North Carolina Department of Transportation to recover snow plows during Winter Storm Diego, December 9, 2018.175 NCNG Soldiers are strategically placed across NC to augment Department of transportation, NC Emergency Management and local first responders in Winter Storm recovery operations.

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