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Come along to fire school and see how the military trains elite firefighters

Jeremy BenderDec 17, 2015, 20:19 IST

US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young JrThree students assigned to the 312th Training Squadron battle a fire during a crash recovery training scenario at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy.

"Train as if someone's life depends on it, because it does." - Department of Defense Fire Academy

In the military, firefighters face unique challenges of needing to quickly and effectively respond to the risks posed by fires that could affect planes, machinery, and munitions.

Each year 2,500 students from the sister service branches train at the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy, located at Goodfellow Air Force Base, in order to become certified Department of Defense firefighters.