1st Lt. Grant Ellis, 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, concentrates on hitting a target with a pressured hose during a timed fireman team challenge on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Ellis was one out of ten participants and finished the course with a time of one minute and 27 seconds. The 2014 Fireman Challenge was one of several events sponsored by the Grand Forks AFB Fire Department in observance of National Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
With the sun shining down on him, Master Sgt. Daniel Shannon, 319th Air Base Wing Flight Safety superintendent, gets into position as he anticipates the start of the timed fireman team challenge to start on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Shannon had the overall best time with one minute and six seconds out of ten participants. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
Grand Forks Air Force Base Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Merle McCreary, keeps time on a stop watch, while Maj. Frank Burks, 319th Comptroller Squadron commander, hammers his way on a Kaiser sled during a timed fireman team challenge on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Burks and Master Sgt. Daniel Shannon, 319th Air Base Wing Flight Safety superintendent, took 1st place with both times combined at two minutes and fifty seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
Airman 1st Class Brian Pierson, 319th Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a K-12 FD Fire/Rescue Saw to cut into the front hood of a car during an extraction demonstration on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The car extraction showed different tools and techniques that firemen use to safely and quickly remove a victim from the vehicle of an accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
Grand Forks Air Force Base Fireman, Staff Sgt. Stephen Hjersted provides fall protection while 1st Lt. Grant Ellis, 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, drags a dummy during a timed fireman team challenge course on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The dummy weighed more than 130 pounds. The 319th LRS team placed second in the challenge by finishing the course with a time of two minutes and 52 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
Col. Anthony Hernandez, 319th Mission Support Group commander, sprays a pressured hose at a target house during a timed fireman team challenge on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Hernandez was one out of ten participants. He completed the challenge in a time of one minute and 38 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
Lt. Col. Edward Phillips, 319th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, drags a dummy through a timed fireman team challenge course on Oct. 9, 2014, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Phillips had the third fastest individual time of one minute and 21 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)