Photo by Cpl. Katie Mazos | 105th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.19.2019
A group of Soldiers and Airmen from the Kansas National Guard spray down flames with water from a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during an integrated exercise between Guard members and civilian fire departments at the Smokey Hill Range in Salina, Kansas, Sept. 19. The HMMWV’s can hold anywhere from 200 to 400 gallons of water and has 300 feet of hoses to provide to a fire......
Photo by Cpl. Katie Mazos | 105th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.19.2019
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment lowers to fill a Bambi Bucket with water from a pond during an integrated wildland fire fighting exercise with the Kansas Forest Service and the Kansas National Guard at the Smokey Hill Range in Salina, Kansas, Sept. 19. Bambi Buckets can hold up to 2,600 gallons of water to bring relief to bigger fires in forests......
Photo by Cpl. Katie Mazos | 105th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.19.2019
Bryce Haverkamp (centered), eastern division fire officer, Kansas Forest Service, explains the operation of a water tender vehicle used by local fire departments. The Kansas Forest Service and fire departments from all over the state served as instructors to Soldiers and Airmen on fire fighting capabilities at the Great Plains Joint Training Center in Salina, Kansas, Sep. 16 - 20....
