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- [Honey] Firefighters from Camp Zama Fire Station One

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and Kastner Army Heliport Fire Station Two recently

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participated in a nighttime Familiarization Aircrew

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Extraction Exercise at Camp Zama's airfield.

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The two teams extinguished a fire

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and performed rescue operations for six aircrew personnel

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who were injured by a hard landing.

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- Aircraft can crash daytime or nighttime.

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And it's visibility at night, it's very hard to see,

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so we like to practice with our lighting

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and be more familiar with the equipment

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and the aircraft in hours of darkness.

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- [Honey] During the exercise, firefighters learned

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how to stop a UH-60 Black-Hawk engine quickly in order

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to rescue the aircrew trapped inside the aircraft.

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(Kazutaka speaking in foreign language)

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- [Translator] It was a different environment

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working during the hours of darkness

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compared to a typical daytime exercise.

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During the day, it's very clear and easy to see

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how things are going when you approach

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the helicopter or conduct rescue operations inside.

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However, I felt some difficulty conducting

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rescue operations in the nighttime, but it was

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a very good opportunity for me to sharpen my skills.

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- I want my firefighters to achieve,

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work well in the nighttime operation together as a team,

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better operation in hours of darkness,

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so they become more familiar with their equipment.

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- [Honey] Fire and Emergency Services hold the exercise

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four times a year to better prepare

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for emergency extractions in the field.

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Reporting for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, this is Honey Nixon.