ARFF heats up with realistic training

[The Patriot]

ARFF heats up with realistic training

01-29-2018 05:09 AM

Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting conducted controlled burn training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Jan. 19. The small aircraft fuel fire simulates putting out a jet fire and and was held to prepare Marines for any real life scenarios they may encounter while on the job. "We try to do training fires like this at least once a month," said Cpl. Trevor Hendry, a crewman with ARFF. "Now that we have the opportunity to do these exercises more often it makes it a lot easier to to maintain unit readiness as a whole."



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