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Firefighter's bag-drag

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lamont Brown, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, demonstrates a proper hoisting technique with a 42 pound bag filled with equipment to other members of his team July 29 during training for the Firefighter Combat Challenge in October. This is the team’s first time competing in the challenge as well as making the championship competition. The competition seeks to encourage the firefighter’s fitness and demonstrate the profession's rigors to public. The competitors race head-to-head as they simulate the physical demands of real-life fire fighting by performing a linked series of five tasks including climbing the 5-story tower, hoisting, chopping, dragging hoses and rescuing a life-size, 175 pounds "victim" as they race against their opponents and the clock. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Bryan Boyette)

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