Rescue team

Airman 1st Class Dean Adamczyk, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron exercise rescue patient, lies in a Stokes basket stretcher during a Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course outside the William A. Jones III Building at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 30, 2015. Adamczyk, and every member of the 10-Airman class, took their turn simulating each role of a rescue scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Staff Sgt. Alexander Rodriguez, Department of Defense Fire Academy rescue instructor, goes over safety protocol and confined space rescue techniques to the 11th Civil Engineer firefighters at the Joint Base Andrews, Md., Fire Department Training Area, Nov. 2, 2015. The DOD Rescue Technical Course only has six mobile training team trips in which the instructor comes to the host installation to train up to 12 fire department personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Tyler Holzschuh, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron exercise rescue patient, lies in a Stokes basket stretcher during a Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course at the Joint Base Andrews, Md., Fire Department Training Area, Nov. 2, 2015. Holzschuh waits to be hoisted between two buildings to practice different rescue scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Senior Airman Eric Ackerberg, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, ties a Prusik knot around a single rope during the final evaluation of the 15-day Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 3, 2015. The course taught the 11th CES firefighters the techniques and skills of how to tie any knot needed for multiple rescue scenarios covered in the 15-day course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Tamara Ortiz, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department exercise rescue spotter, positions herself before going across two building during a Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course scenario at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Fire Department Training Area, Nov. 2, 2015. There is a hands-on and written portion to the course that trainees are evaluated on throughout the class. It is a DOD course that is taught by and to other United States military branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released))

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Senior Airman Matthew Paine, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, climbs up the Jones building on Joint Base Andrews, Md., using a single rope system during the final evaluation of the 15-day advance rescue course on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 3, 2015. The final evaluation was a scenario that eliminated any use of building stairs or elevators, forcing them to test and use a single rope to scale the building and rescue the individual on the roof. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Senior Airman Adam St. Clair, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department exercise recuse spotter, and Airman 1st Class Dean Adamczyk, 11 CES Fire Department exercise rescue patient, are lifted up the side of the Jones building on Joint Base Andrews, Md., during a Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course, Oct. 30, 2015. Staff Sgt. Adam McCarty and Staff Sgt. Alexander Rodriguez, DOD Fire Academy rescue instructors from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, travelled to JBA to certify 10 members of 11 CES Fire Department in confined space rescue and rope skills training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Firefighters from the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron are lifted up the side of the William A. Jones III Building on Joint Base Andrews, Md., during a Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course, Oct. 30, 2015. Ten members of the 11 CES Fire Department went through a 15-day advanced rescue course on base taught by DOD rescue instructors from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. The course included confined space rescue training and ropes skills training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant/Released)

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Rescue team

Published Nov. 5, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant
11th Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Ten members of the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department went through a 15-day Department of Defense Rescue Technical Course at Joint Base Andrews, Md., that ended Nov. 4, 2015. The course was taught by Department of Defense rescue instructors from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, and included confined space rescue training and ropes skills training.