A fireman from Clark County Fire Department assigned to McCarran International Airport trains at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 1-3 to meet the required Federal Aviation Administration training. The training consists of putting out interior aircraft fires and exterior fires, such as wheel brake fires and engine fires. The Nellis fire department has hosted Clark County Fire Department for the past three years. This year 33 firemen from Clark County trained at Nellis. The training took place in the ‘burn pit,’ a mock aircraft skeleton used by firefighters here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aileen Carter)
A firefighter crew from Clark County Fire Department assigned to McCarran International Airport hose down a fire outside of an aircraft mockup as part of the required Federal Aviation Administration training, held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 3. The three-day training hosted 33 firemen from the Clark County Fire Department. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aileen Carter)
Jonathan Jones, a firefighter paramedic assigned to C-Platoon's Station 13 at McCarran International Airport's fire department, takes a quick break with his firefighter crew after completing the interior aircraft fire training portion of the required Federal Aviation Administration training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 3. The training also consisted of an external aircraft fire portion, where firemen hosed down external fires at the aircraft wheel breaks and engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aileen Carter)
A firefighter crew, from Clark County Fire Department assigned to McCarran International Airport, prepare to enter an inferno inside of an aircraft mockup as part of a required Federal Aviation Administration training, held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 3. With the support of the Nellis fire department, the aircraft mockup or 'burn pit' was set ablaze in different sections to properly simulate the desired training atmosphere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aileen Carter)
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