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This Week's Fires Are Training Exercises, Says Airport Officials
If you drive past Lambert-St. Louis International Airport this week and see a fire or smoke, no worries, airport officials say its part of required FAA training.
St. Louis Airport Rescue Firefighters (ARFF) will participate in a live-burn simulation as part of a training exercise this week on September 11, 12 and 13 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
According to airport officials, the training will take place near the Lambert Airfield in a secured area off of Navaid Road.
The training exercise uses a Mobile Aircraft Trainer, a 50 foot fuselage capable of producing simulated fires, including a fully engulfed aircraft. The University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute provides the mobile trainer, which conducts more than a dozen firefighting courses annually across the country, according to an airport press release.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires annual aircraft rescue and firefighting training. As part of that training the FAA requires live fires for airport emergency response personnel.
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