Air Force Senior Airman David Chaiprakorb, left, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, a member of the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, assists Staff Sgt. Chase Blair, of Harrah, Okl. and member from the 507th CES, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., with his mask before entering the smoke-filled building for a rescue training scenario during the first-ever Air Force Reserve Command Firefighter Rescue and Survival Course at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., April 18, 2017. Twenty Citizen Airmen participated in the intense 50-hour course held at the 622nd Civil Engineer Group expeditionary combat support-training cert


Air Force Senior Airman David Chaiprakorb, left, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, a member of the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, assists Staff Sgt. Chase Blair, of Harrah, Okl. and member from the 507th CES, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., with his mask before entering the smoke-filled building for a rescue training scenario during the first-ever Air Force Reserve Command Firefighter Rescue and Survival Course at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., April 18, 2017. Twenty Citizen Airmen participated in the intense 50-hour course held at the 622nd Civil Engineer Group expeditionary combat support-training certification center, which focused on a Rapid Intervention Crew, or RIC. The RIC is a dedicated and specially trained group of firefighters whose responsibilities include safely evacuating a distressed firefighter from a structure.


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