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  • 97th AMW Fire Department “houses” new fire truck

    Airmen “house” a new fire truck, April 26, 2021, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The “housing” tradition stems from the 1830s when fire companies used horse-drawn fire carts that could not be backed into the fire house, causing firemen and local community members to manually push the fire cart

  • Fire Department brings the heat in firefighter combat challenge

    Four members of the Keesler Fire Department recently qualified to represent Team Keesler at the 2016 Firefighter Combat Challenge Competition Wild Card Week in Montgomery, Ala. in October.The team competed in the qualifying round at Lake Charles, La., Apr. 30, where they demonstrated their skills in