A base leadership competitor carries a ladder during the eighth annual Fire Prevention Week Readiness Challenge Oct. 10 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Commanders, chiefs, first sergeants and colonels participated in the challenge that replicated common fitness tasks of base firefighters. The challenge included hose dragging, ladder climbing, victim carry among others. The competition is part of Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)