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Kunsan AB Airmen put new firefighting suit through week-long test

August 1st, 2011
Thirty-three Airmen from here participated in a field test of the new Joint Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble July 25 - 29, providing data and feedback for researchers from the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Kunsan AB firefighters donned the JFIRE suit for a week-long base exercise in which they responded to a multitude of scenarios involving both conventional and chemical attacks. Bioenvironmental engineers, emergency management and explosive ordnance disposal personnel also tested the suit during the trial.
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