Feb. 13, 2025 Virtual Reality Firefighter Training Demonstration The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s CE Lab is a program researching, developing, testing, and evaluating using Virtual Reality technology for firefighter training. Currently they are roughly 25% into the program, which has been fully funded.
March 22, 2022 Fighting fire with fire: AFCEC program combats increasing wildland fire risk JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With the first flames of the 2022 wildfire season already appearing in places like Florida, California and Kansas, Air Force wildland fire teams nationwide are busy fighting fire with fire for continued mission success. Prescribed burns, often described as
Oct. 13, 2017 Beale partners with local agencies, California Fire Protection to fight wildfires Firefighters from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron here are partnering with state and local fire departments to fight fires in Butte, Yuba, and Nevada counties. The 9th CES sent a four-man team as a part of the initial response to work with local civil authorities to combat the fires on Oct. 9. The