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The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy located at 4600 West Ox Road in Fairfax

Recruits at a live-fire training exercise, don their protective gear before entering a simulated residential fire

Recruits perform CPR on an infant manikin during EMS night operations training

Recruits render aid to a patient during a simulated EMS call

Recruits tend to a simulated EMS call assisted by the Fairfax County Police Helicopter Unit

Recruits practice with several different types of forcible entry tools

Recruits learn to escape confined spaces during their course "Firefighter Safety and Survival"

Recruits train for vehicle fires

Training involves rappelling from the Academy's interior tower

Recruits receive instruction during ventilation training

Recruits utilize a ground ladder during training exercises at the Academy's burn building

A Field Training live-fire exercise

The Field Training Branch utilize the thermal imaging camera during training exercises

Volunteer apparatus Rescue Engine 421 at a live-fire training exercise at Dulles Airport

Volunteers advance a hoseline during live-fire exercises at an acquired structure

Volunteers conduct search with a RIT in an abandoned building

Volunteers train in roof ventilation

Volunteers simulate a rope rescue

Volunteers practice using the Hurst tool during vehicle extrication

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