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German Bundeswehr firefighters complete stress test at U.S. Army firefighting training center in Ansbach

By Gerlinde Hoyle, USAG Ansbach Public Affairs

ANSBACH, Germany — German soldiers assigned to a helicopter regiment completed annual training July 8 at the IMCOM-Europe Fire Training Center, located at the U.S. Army Garrison here.

Jonas Urschel, the regiment’s fire protection NCOIC, or the Brandschutzhauptfeldwebel der Bundeswehr, and a 15-member team from the Bundeswehr’s 1st Transport Helicopter Regiment 30, completed their annual stress tests with a breathing apparatus.

The individual training, a mandatory requirement for military firefighters of the German Armed Forces, was completed in a single day — a logistical advantage that Urschel said would be difficult to replicate elsewhere.
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