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Fluorine-free foam flows to Air Force bases as DOD removes PFAS from firefighting activities
April 8, 2024 — Department of the Air Force installation fire departments are replacing current stocks of aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, in fire and emergency services vehicles with a fluorine-free formulation as part of a Defense Department-wide effort to remove PFAS from firefighting activities... MORE

First in CONUS AFFF to F3 Firefighting Foam Transition

AFIMSC members earn 2023 Air Force Civil Engineer awards
February 29, 2024 — Two Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center team members won individual 2023 Air Force Civil Engineer awards for their outstanding performance this past year... MORE

AFIMSC analytics team refines tools leaders use to prioritize investments
December 15, 2022 — A data analytics team with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is refining the analytics tools that help Air Force leaders prioritize their most critical mission support areas and determine funding requirements... MORE

A data analytics team with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is refining the analytics tools that help Air Force leaders.

JBSA FES trains with local fire departments
April 19, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio's 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Emergency Services participated in a multi-agency training with Schertz Fire Rescue and Cibolo Fire Department April 12, 14, and 16, at a fire training facility at JBSA-Randolph... MORE

Schertz Fire Rescue Lt. Tom Hollick, lead instructor, demonstrates how to position a ladder during training at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, April 12, 2021.

JBSA fire services wins three AETC awards
February 12, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio's Fire and Emergency Services, or FES, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron, and two of its members were announced as the Air Education and Training Command nominees for the Air Force FES Awards Feb. 3... MORE

Firefighters with Joint Base San Antonio prepare to participate in a live fire Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting training Nov. 20, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas.

Firefighters support JBSA-Kelly Field flightline
May 31, 2019 — Firefighters at Station No. 2 aren’t like some of their counterparts; they stand by to combat an array of potential threats to the flightline and its operations. They respond to emergencies with the C-5M Super Galaxy and F-16 Fighting Falcon along with commercial airlines and small airplanes that uses the runway at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Firefighters from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph prepare a fire hose before entering a mockup aircraft April 11, 2018 at the Camp Talon fire training grounds on JBSA-Randolph. The training offers firefighters the opportunity to train with live fire to get as close to a real-life scenario as possible.

Airman brightens Thanksgiving Day for firefighters
November 8, 2017 — Airman 1st Class Kijana Soppe, an administrative specialist with the 802nd Force Support Squadron, spends her Thanksgiving Day showing love to the local firefighters at Fire Station 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. This year, Soppe would like to get volunteers to help her cook and make this a much bigger event... MORE

Several fire fighters gather around the table at their fire station to enjoy a home-cooked Thanksgiving Day meal.