VIDEO: Every firefighter undergoes extensive training, but military firefighters at the Stratton Air National Guard Base have additional requirements.
NEWS10 has an inside look at an aircraft burn training at the 109th Airlift Wing.
Nearly 40 military – including 12 personnel from the 106th Rescue Wing in Long Island – full-time fire department and mutual aid personnel all participated in an aircraft burn training.
Stratton Air National Guard Base Fire Chief Brian Devlin said the annual training keeps everyone proficient.
“Kind of share information on different aircrafts and what they have going on at their base and train with them. So, again, you know, just having a whole joint operation like that for training was great,” said Devlin.
“Any time we have an aircraft incident, we’re utilizing this training that we do,” said Devlin.
This time the training came to them, so they could stay in service, as they practiced. Captain Nicholas Maniacek said he’s proud of all of this year’s firefighters.
