Photo essay: Baker Life Chute

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  • By Amn Leah Young
  • 62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --  Air Traffic Controllers from the 62nd Operations Support Squadron conducted a bi-annual familiarization exercise August 3 to train for emergency evacuation.

"The Baker Life Chute is to be utilized as an alternative escape route in the event of a fire," said Tech. Sgt. Jordan Applegate, the NCOIC training and standardization manager.

According to Sergeant Applegate, the Baker Life Chute has never been needed at an Air Force Base since it's creation in the early 1990's. However, similar emergency escape routes have been used in oil rigs around the country.