Paramedics remove George Jacobs NASA's deputy director of Center Operations from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation.

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics remove George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation. Jacobs served as a "volunteer patient" during the activity.

The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper