{"id":2535,"date":"2009-08-11T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afspc.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123162262"},"modified":"2009-08-11T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T20:28:36","slug":"vandenberg-firefighters-train-for-combat-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"Vandenberg firefighters train for Combat Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afspc.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123162262\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin-right:15px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.afspc.af.mil\/shared\/media\/photodb\/thumbnails\/090729-F-9243B-122.jpg\"<\/img><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Seven of Vandenberg&#8217;s firefighters are currently in training here to compete in the Firefighter Combat Challenge, which is scheduled to begin Oct. 2 in Reno, Nev. <\/p>\n<p>The Firefighter Combat Challenge is a competition in which firefighters from around the globe compete against the clock and their opponents through an intense and physically demanding obstacle course. During the challenge, firefighters must complete a number of tasks, including climbing a five-story tower, rescuing a life-sized victim weighing 175 pounds and dragging hoses &#8211; all while wearing full bunker gear and a breathing apparatus. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afspc.af.mil\/news\/story.asp?id=123162262\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-force-space-command"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}