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Wing leaders receive firefighter experience

December 4, 2014
Photos by Senior Airman Timothy Moore
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, rides along as a fire engine belonging to the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department puts out the flames on a live fire aircraft simulator Nov. 19 on Ramstein. Mordente saw firsthand how the 86th CES firefighters battle building and aircraft fires.
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, rides along as a fire engine belonging to the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department puts out the flames on a live fire aircraft simulator Nov. 19 on Ramstein. Mordente saw firsthand how the 86th CES firefighters battle building and aircraft fires.

 

Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (right), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th AW command chief, don safety gear prior to taking part in a burn house training scenario on Ramstein. The burn house training allows firefighters to experience going into a live fire in a controlled environment.
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (right), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th AW command chief, don safety gear prior to taking part in a burn house training scenario on Ramstein. The burn house training allows firefighters to experience going into a live fire in a controlled environment.

 

Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, does a breathing test with the MSA FireHawk mask prior to participating in a burn house training scenario Nov. 19 on Ramstein. The FireHawk is the mask used by 86th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters when battling fires.
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, 86th Airlift Wing commander, does a breathing test with the MSA FireHawk mask prior to participating in a burn house training scenario Nov. 19 on Ramstein. The FireHawk is the mask used by 86th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters when battling fires.

 

Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, pulls a hose from a fire engine.
Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, pulls a hose from a fire engine.

 

Randall D. Marshall Sr. (left), 86th Civil Engineer Squadron KMC Fire and Emergency Services fire chief, explains the meaning of the color of firefighter helmets to Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (center), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th AW command chief, Nov. 19 on Ramstein.
Randall D. Marshall Sr. (left), 86th Civil Engineer Squadron KMC Fire and Emergency Services fire chief, explains the meaning of the color of firefighter helmets to Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (center), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Frank H. Batten III, 86th AW command chief, Nov. 19 on Ramstein.
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