Air Force fire protection specialists conduct wartime-firefighting readiness training at JBER.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Collin Saumier, lead, and Staff Sgt. Robert Verity, rear, fire protection specialists assigned to the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, enter a simulated burning aircraft while conducting wartime-firefighting readiness training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 23, 2018. During the readiness training the Air Force firefighters donned various levels of mission oriented protective posture (MOPP) gear and practiced responding to emergency situations in a simulated toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear strike. Saumier and Verity are natives of Cato, N.Y., and Marion, Ohio, respectively.