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A CH-53E Super Stallion with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing carries an empty bucket to a simulated fire during the wildland firefighting exercise with the Miramar Fire Department aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 14. The fire department here can call upon 3rd MAW Marines and reliably assist from the ground and the air when other fire combating elements like the United States Forest Service request additional assets to support fires throughout California. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing carries an empty bucket to a simulated fire during the wildland firefighting exercise with the Miramar Fire Department aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 14. The fire department here can call upon 3rd MAW Marines and reliably assist from the ground and the air when other fire combating elements like the United States Forest Service request additional assets to support fires throughout California.

Lawrence Beal, a fire inspector with the Miramar Fire Department, demonstrates how to properly put out a stove fire outside the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Oct. 8. The fire department is focusing on kitchen fires for this year’s Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-11. - Lawrence Beal, a fire inspector with the Miramar Fire Department, demonstrates how to properly put out a stove fire outside the Marine Corps Exchange aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Oct. 8. The fire department is focusing on kitchen fires for this year’s Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-11.

Copter 2 of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s Air Operations Division dumps a load of water during in-service fire training at Lake Hodges in Escondido, Calif. May 30. Engine 62 of the Miramar Fire Department was one of three engines battling the simulated wildland fire from the left flank, alongside two other engines working on the right flank. - Copter 2 of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s Air Operations Division dumps a load of water during in-service fire training at Lake Hodges in Escondido, Calif. May 30. Engine 62 of the Miramar Fire Department was one of three engines battling the simulated wildland fire from the left flank, alongside two other engines working on the right flank.