Reservists train to save fellow firefighters
U.S. Air Force Airman Ciprian Iorgovan, of Chicago, Illinois, a member of the 434th Civil Engineer Squadron, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., carries Master Sgt. Matthew Kaea of Makakilo, Hawaii, a member of the 624th CES, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, out of a simulated burning building 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne K. Herrmann)