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Headline: Gruelling Ice Training For Air Force Firefighters

Caption: U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marcus Davidson, right, assists Staff Sgt. Michael Hermann don a survival suit before conducting ice rescue training at Six Mile Lake on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2020. The training, conducted in minus 15 degree Fahrenheit weather, taught the JBER firefighters the knowledge and skills necessary for safe rescue and recovery operations in, on and around ice and cold water. After completion of a classroom session, practical skills evaluation and a written examination the fire protection specialists were certified as ice rescue technicians. Davidson and Hermann are fire protection specialists with the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron.

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