United States Air Force Fire Protection
[1] Though every branch has its own fire protection career specialties (USAF - 3E7X1, Army - 12M, USMC - 7051, Navy - AB, Coast Guard - DC), they all must graduate from the Air Force's 13.5 week fire academy (or civilian equivalent) in San Angelo, Texas before being awarded their Firefighter certification.
John Baulch was appointed Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the Southern Division of the Federal Army.
Engineer Aviation Firefighting Platoons (EAFFPs) were established to provide fire protection for the Army Air Forces.
In 1992, the school was moved finally to Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas and was named the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, where it still trains firefighters from every branch of the Armed Forces.
The Air Force struggled to maintain adequate numbers of firefighters because the airmen knew they would never be able to become fire chief as a member of the Armed Services.
The CXF is one of six Branches in the Readiness Division (CX) and establishes policy and guidance for Air and Space Force Fire & Services.
School is broken up into six blocks of instruction,[2] varying in length, that include: Initially, the fire training was designed to weed out those who could not perform.
[16] October 10, 1968, Pedro 44, Detachment 1 of the 38th ARRS, was responding to a downed B-57 near Phan Rang AB, RVN when a mechanical failure with the HH43 Huskie caused the aircraft to crash to the ground.
ARH team members also attend a 13-day Army Air Assault course to learn how to sling-load their equipment and rappel from helicopters.
ARH teams take 21 traditional RED HORSE members and augment them with six firefighters, six explosive ordnance disposal technicians, two chemical and biological readiness experts, and security forces personnel, as needed.
[21] The new initiative essentially utilizes Air Force Firefighter/EMTs as combat medics[21] Jack Nicholson, In 1957, Nicholson joined the California Air National Guard and performed weekend drills and two-week annual training as a firefighter assigned to the unit based at the Van Nuys Airport.
SSgt Ray Rangel, assigned the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, died during a rescue response when an Army Humvee from the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 3d Infantry Division overturned in a canal during a combat patrol near Balad AB, Iraq 13 February 2005.
[22] He retired at the rank of Senior Master Sergeant and continued working for the Air Force in the civilian sector.
Airman First Class Robert Doss was a firefighter and rescueman with Pacific Air Rescue Center (PARC) Detachment 4.
On 27 April 1965, at 1605 hours, an A-1 Skyraider of the RVNAF 23rd Tactical Wing, fully fueled and laden with Mk82 500-pound bombs, crashed during take-off.
