445th firefighters complete DOD rescue, survival course
Staff Sgt. Thomas Drouillard, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron, navigates a smoke-filled building wearing full firefighter turnout gear during the DOD firefighter rescue and survival course at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, Sept. 20-24, 2021. The students practiced using ropes, carabiners, firehose, webbing, and more to rescue downed firefighters inside a burning building, mirroring the historic, real circumstances which tragically resulted in loss of life.