Iowa ANG fire fighters hone fire and rescue skills

Photo By Vincent De Groot | A fire fighter from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing fire department checks a door for heat as he prepares to enter a fire training tower at the airport in Sioux City, Iowa on June 6, 2023. The Iowa ANG Airmen from the 185th Fire Department are training on a variety of fire and rescue events during the first week of June. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot  

SIOUX CITY, IOWA, UNITED STATES

06.03.2023

Story by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot 

185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard

Fire fighters from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing fire department trained on multiple fire and rescue techniques during their June training weekend.

The exercise had fire fighters training in a multi-story fire training tower on a variety of structural fire scenarios located at a Sioux City airport.

During the several day training period, fighter fighters used tools to practice roof entry, victim rescues as well as extinguishing fires.

Firefighters also had the opportunity to practice entry into a pair of salvage vehicles that were brought on base for the training exercise.

• Date Taken: 06.03.2023
• Date Posted: 06.04.2023 15:49
• Story ID: 446174
• Location: SIOUX CITY, IOWA, US