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Catching the Plug
11/02/2008 ? KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss ? Practice makes perfect, and practice is what the firefighters of the 403rd Civil Engineers Squadron Fire Department have been doing in preparation for the wing?s Unit Compliance Inspection, scheduled for January 2009. Senior Airman Curtis Shelby, 403rd CES fire apprentice, hooks up a hose to a fire hydrant, known as ?catching the plug.? For the UCI, wing firefighters plan on simulating several different emergency scenarios, such as putting out aircraft and structural fires.

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