We had a number of nominations for Employee of the 1st Quarter that it was impossible to narrow it down to just one, so we decided to do something a little different and pick TWO employees of the 1st Quarter. First up is FF Colin Dyck at Calgary International Airport. Colin was nominated by Deputy Fire Chief Brett Gerein and … Read More
ARFF Vehicle Positioning
Have you ever wondered why ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Firefighting) vehicles park a certain way at an incident? Or why on a video you saw of a plane on fire, the ARFF vehicles are approaching the incident from different angles while pumping their agent and driving? ARFF vehicles are capable of spraying a tremendous amount of agent from their two front … Read More
Welcome Fire Chief Culwell
1/6/2021 – Last week Aaron Culwell was appointed as the Fire Chief at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, OK, bringing over 12 years of Fire and Emergency Service background. Chief Culwell has been a part of the United States Air Force Reserve as Assistant Fire Chief, Will Rogers World Airport Fire Department as Station Captain, Coweta Fire Department … Read More
Employee of 3rd Quarter 2020
Captain Jordan Hamm is Pro-Tec’s Employee of the 3rd Quarter 2020 from Calgary, Alberta for his work and commitment put towards their annual ARFF vehicle testing. ARFF at Calgary took on the task of conducting all ARFF vehicle testing as a value-added service for the airport. The airport has purchased a No-Foam testing trailer approximately five years ago to help … Read More
New Firefighter at AZO
Pro-Tec Fire Services and Kalamazoo International Airport Fire Department welcomes Firefighter Keith Hooker to the family. Keith is currently on Pavillion Twp Fire and Rescue for the last two years and cmpleted his Fire I & II and Haz Mat Operations this last June. He was also sent to Columbia, South Carolina for ARFF training which he completed and passed … Read More
New Firefighter at RFD
Chicago Rockford ARFF is excited to announce a new member to our team! Firefighter Mathew Hehn. Firefighter Hehn is a second-generation firefighter, and he himself has been in the fire service for 9 years, as well as an EMT-B provider for 13 years. FF Hehn is a Captain at a local volunteer department. Firefighter Hehn holds many state licenses and … Read More
GRB Triennial Exercise
It was a very good day of training for our department. We had our members working on the fireground, EMS ground, Command (Unified Command), and working in the EOC. Fireground consisted of 3 mutual aid departments (Hobart FD, Lawrence FD, Ledgeview FD) bringing out their Engines and Tenders. Porta tanks were dropped and water shuttle operations took place to keep one ARFF truck full of … Read More
Incident at Belen
At approximately 12:30 on Friday 7/17/2020, a Beech Aircraft N45JT crashed and ran off the run way due to main failure. Belen ARFF was off duty at the time, which called for Belen Fire Department to respond, at that time the Chief of Belen FD advised Fire Chief Garcia of what happened. At 13:00, Belen ARFF came on duty and … Read More
Alert III at AZO
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport had a minor Alert III on Sunday, July 19th, 2020. A small privately owned aircraft was performing touch and go when it bounced too hard and broke off the front wheel causing the aircraft to nose into the edge of the runway/safety area. There were no injuries, casualties or fires. A slight fuel leak from the … Read More
Alert III at Des Moines
The Des Moines International Airport Fire Department was notified by Des Moines Fire Dispatch of an Alert 3 involving a helicopter at the intersection of Highway 28 and Army Post Road outside the airport security fence. Dispatch advised witnesses saw the helicopter crash land and that the sole occupant had self-extricated but that the helicopter was currently on fire. Des … Read More
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