Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donavin Apiag, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services driver/operator, flips a stokes basket on its side as part of a simulated event during the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Apiag participated in the DoD Technical Rescue Course, which taught students from the Pacific Air Forces region high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rico Blas Castro, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services emergency communications center noncommissioned officer in charge, attaches a carabiner to a tripod during the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. During the course students were taught high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

Firefighters from the Pacific Air Forces region raise a Stokes basket over a rail during the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Students learned how to save victims who may be trapped on roof tops, inside elevator shafts, or on hard-to-reach mountainous terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Carroll, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services lead firefighter, escorts a simulated victim in a Stokes basket as it is lowered during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Carroll participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course which taught students from the Pacific Air Forces region high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ian Robinson, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services driver/operator, and other firefighters from the Pacific Air Forces region anchor ropes for high line rescue training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. During the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course, students learned to rescue victims from high rise buildings, water towers, steep terrain and elevator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

Firefighters from the Pacific Air Forces region raise a Stokes basket over a rail during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. The firefighters participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course where students learned to save victims that may be trapped on roof tops, inside elevator shafts or hard-to-reach mountainous terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donavin Apiag, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services driver/operator unhooks a Stokes basket after lowering it during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Apiag participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course which taught students from the Pacific Air Forces region high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donavin Apiag, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services driver/operator assists in lowering a simulated victim during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Apiag participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course, which taught students from the Pacific Air Forces region high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Donavin Apiag, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services driver/operator escorts a simulated victim being lowered by firefighters in a Stokes basket during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. Apiag participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course which taught students from the Pacific Air Forces region high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

Firefighters from the Pacific Air Forces region lower a Stokes basket over a rail during training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 8, 2017. The firefighters participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course where students learned to rescue victims from high rise buildings, water towers, steep terrain and elevators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)

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Kunsan hosts DOD rescue training

Published June 21, 2017
By Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker
8th Fighter Wing

Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea -- Firefighters from the Pacific Air Force region participated in the Department of Defense Technical Rescue Course at Kunsan AIr Base, Republic of Korea June 8-16, 2017. Students learned how to save victims that may be trapped on roof tops, inside elevator shafts or hard to reach mountain terrain using high and low angle, confined space, and technical rope rescues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker/Released)