PogeEight ROCKETEER
Festive parade tomorrow will be
highlight of Desert Empire Fair
It's fairtime agsin in the IndIan Wells
Valley, and the higblight of this year's
Desert EmpIre Fair (DEF), whicb began
Wednesday evening and will continue
through Sunday, will be the big parade
tomorrow morning on N. China Lake Blw.
in Ridgecrest.
"Young America" isthe theme of the 1980
DEF parade, whicb will begin at 10 a.m. at
the 1ntersection of French St. and N.
-SATURDAY, SUNDAY SEPT. 27, 28
" NORMA RAE"
Starring
Sally F ields and Ron Liebman
(Social drama , rated PG. 115 min.>
WEDNESDAY OCT. 1
" FOXES"
Starr ing
Jod i Foster and Scott Baio
( Drama, rated R. lOSm in.)
Program slated on
calendars used by
ancient Shoshones
"Tubatulabal Calendars of Eastern Kern
County," will be discussed during a film
- slide and lecture presentstion by Robert
Schiffman, assistant professor of an-
thropology at Bakersfield College, on
Wednesday evening, Oct. I, at 7:30 at Ricb-
mond Scbool.
This free lecture about the Shoshone
people of the Upper Kern River is sponsored
by the Maturango Museum for the benefit of
the community.
Schiffman has been very active in the
archeology of Kern County; one of the areas
that he will show and discuss will be a site
found near the South Fork of the Kern
River, a site that appeared to be a solstice
marker.
He will also show film slides of and
discuss other pictograpb sites found in the
surrounding area.
Package store opening
ceremony s~ated Monday
A grand opening ceremony will be beld at
12noon on Monday at the package store that
opened for business this week at Its new
location in Bennington Plaza.
Capt. William B. Haff, NWC Commander,
will be on hand to officiate at a ribbon
cutting, following whicb tbose eligible to
patronize the package store will be invited
to enjoy refreshments that will be prepared
for the occaslon.
WISH LIST - Cantel Hurley, 3'1>, conte.. with Santa about toy. on di.play at the
opening of the JIIavy Exchange Toylolnd IoIst Saturday morning. Toylolnd will be
open each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Irom 10 a.m. until Sp.m. between now
and Thanksgiving in a part 01 the Bennington P"'zo complex formerly.occupied by
the ESB barbershop. - Pboto by Ron Allen
,
September 26, 1980
Films on Bolshoi
Ballet to be shown
Saturday at college
Films featuring the famed Bolshoi Ballet
will be presented tomorrow afternoon and
evening at the Cerro Coso Community
College lecture hall.
Dwight Grell, curator of the Bolshoi
Theatre Ballet, will bring his rare fihns and
a sampling of artifacts here from the Los
Angeles musewn.
Grell has traveled to Moscow, wbere he
was given the unusual privilege of being
allowed to film the ballet company during
class sessions and also in rehearsal.
For the past 20 years, Grell has been one
of the Bolshoi Ballet's most avid fans.
Among a sampling of the memorabilia he
has collected are more than 2tl autographed
baUet slippers, hundreds of photographs
and a large amount of literature about the
world-renowned baUet company.
A matinee for students has been
scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday at the college
lecture hall. Films will be shown of the
remarkable Nadezhada Pavlova in a
rehearsal of " Gisell," and there will be
another movie showing a master class-
tsught by Assaf Messerer.
Among the slar-studded cast of dancers .
included in the fihns are Maya Plisetskaya,
Aleksander Godunov, Vladimir Vasiliev,
and Vyacheslav Gordeyev, in addition to
Nadezhada Pavlova.
An evening showing at 7 o'clock will
feature filmed excerpts from the movie
" Maya Plisetskaya," and the baUet
productions of "Swan Lake," "Sleeping
BeautyI H " Spartacus," " Little Hump-
backed Horse,It and "The Dying Swan.It
Tickets to the matinee are priced at $1
.each for all interested persons, while ad-
mission to the evening show is $2 for the
general public and $1.50 for holders of Cerro
Coso College associated student body cards.
Commissioned Officers' Mess
King of roasts' night is on tap tomorrow
evening at the Commissioned OffIcers'
Mess, where the main entree on the menu
will be prime rib of beef.
Another special night of dining is coming
.rJIIl Tuesday at the COM, when the chef will
prepare chicken cordon bleu with wild rice.
Dirmer will be served from 6 to 9 o'clock
on both evenings.
Chief Petty Office..' Club
Frederick '" Company, a ~ece rock-
music group from the Los Angeles area, will
be playing at the Chief Petty OffIcers' Club
this evening, bringing music for listening
and dancing to all members and guests.
Prior to tonight's entertainment, whicb is
scheduled from 8:30 p.m. untll12:3O a.m.,
the CPO dining staff will provide diners
with a cboice of either prime ribs of beef or
Icelandic cod. Dinner will be served from 6
to 9 p.JJ.l.
Enlisted Mess
Surf n' turf will be the main entree on the
Enlisted Mess menu this evening from 6 to
8:30.
After dinner, c'Millenium," a S-piece rock
combo from the Los Angeles area, will be
performing for the listening and dancing
pleasure of EM patrons trom 9 p.m. to 1:30
8,m.
-tr u .s. Ge¥er,.ftMfI' PriRti,.. OHke:
·1980- No 1045
From :
.
To:
,
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
J
Combined Federal Campaign merits all hands' support
Once again, as citizens of the Indian Wells Valley area, we have the if not luxurious, meets all our necessities. Ufl/ortunately, there are still a
privilege - and the obligation - to actively support the numerous agencies fairly large n!Jmber ofAmericans who have been unable to sharefully in the
that provide assistance to unfortunate and underprivileged people in this blessings ofour great nation - some are children who have been afflicted
nation and around the world. This opportunity comes about through the with debilitating and often incurable diseases. Some are people who have
Combined Federal Campaign that will be conducted here during the known only poverty during their lifetimes, and othersfind themselves in old
month ofOctober. age torn between increasing medical expenses and decreasing purchasing
Your voluntary donations not only help those in need, they also lend power.
valuable assistance to health research programs, to programs that provide I urge all ofyou to join me in generously contributing to the Combined
youth guidance and emphasize character building for young people, and Federal Campaign. Federal employees and military personnel have always
help to make possible many other services that help those unable to help been among the most generous people in the world, and it's a well deserved
themselves. reputation.
In our area, contribw,tions to the CFC will make it possible to support the Wholehearted participation by each individu.al being asked to support the
efforts of 49 agencies by a single donation, thus holding to an absolute local CFC will guarantee the success of this fund raising effort again this
minimum the costs associated with this "once for all" fund-raising effort.
As a result, campaign overhead is minimized and benefits realized from
each contribution are maximized.
"fost ofus enjoy reasonably good health and a standard ofliving which,
year.
NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER
CHINA LAKE
CALIFORN'IA
September 26,1980
Vol. xxxv.No. J9
William B. Haff
Captain, U.S. Navy
Commander, Naval Weapons Center
INSIDE . . .
Fire Prevention Week Reminder ......... 2
CFCBriefingSetMonday ............... 3
Disability Retirement Changes .......... 4
Essay, Photo Contest Open •..•.......•.. 5
Sports ................ . ..... . ......... 6
Desert Empire Fair Parade . . . . . ... ... . . 8
NWC aircraft crash crews
prepare for eme.
rgencies
they hope wiII never occur
MECHANICAL AID - The P·4A cr..h I lire rescue vehicle supp...... II.. and
extingui.hes liolmes at the simuloltor during a lire practice while lire Ilghte.. dash
to the flaming ....ircr..ft" to rescue possible alrcrew members on bunt. The noule
of the P-4A is controllod Irom the driver's ..at to permit the most rapid possible
application of water and Ught water onto an aircraft Ii... - Photos by Ron Allen
Navy helicopter lifts injured
Mt. Whitney climber to safety
Military personnel from the Naval
Weapons Center and members of the China
Lake Mountsto Rescue Group (CLMRG)
teamed up early Monday morning in a
successful rescue mission involving a man
who had slipped and fallen some 200 ft. the
previous day while attempting to negotiate
a section of the Mt. Whitney Mountaineer's
Trail.
The accident victim, 4f>.year~ld Robert
Norton, of La Canada, lost his footing in a
patcb of hard-packed snow that had turned
Icy.
Morton was following Cbris Harris, a I&-
year~ld Eagle Scout, who had succeeded in
getting across the treacherous spot where
the older man feU, and it was the latter who
became the hero of the hour by setting about
the difficult task of going to the aid of
Morton.
At the same time, three other hikers wbo
were foliowing along the Mountaineer's
Trail headed back along a safer route to
report the accident and set the wheels in
motion for the rescue mission that followed.
9:15.
From Whitney' Porlals, they trudged
nearly aU night up the Mt. Whiiney trail to
Iceberg Lake, where they learned that
young Harris had succeeded, by the use of
rope belays, in lowering Morton to their
base camp and the injured man was resting
in a sleeping bag.
(Continued on P.oe 3)
Trained and ready at alltimes, but hoping
that they will never be needed are the crash
crews from the Naval Weapons Center's
Fire Division.
During all times that flight operations are
taking place, two crash crews, one am-
bulance crew and the crash captsto stand
by to meet emergencies. One 3-man crash
crew is located at the Apex, the small
shelter with a red and white checked roof
located close to the intersection of runways
21 and 14, and another at Fire Station No.3,
located in the main complex.of bulldings at
Armitage AIrfield.
SAVING LIVES TAKES PRIORITY
The need for the three-man crew is em-
phasized by Navy manuals and instructions
- first, lives must be saved. Second, fire
must be suppressed and damage to aircraft
minimized. Because lives are the prime
priority, the ambulances at all Fire Stations
are manned by emergency medical
technicians (EMTs) and all fire fighters are
trained in advanced first aid, with the
majority being EMTs.
The three fire fighters at the Apex
monitor transmissions on the emergency
aircraft radio band so that they will be
immediately aware of any potential
emergency. They also spend their two-hoar
rotsting shifts at the Apex on aircraft
A request for assistance in aiding the
injured hiker was received here at ap-
proximately 7:30p.m. Sunday from the Inyo
County Sheriff's office. Since it would be
necessary to wait until daylight for a Navy
SAR helicopter to fly into the area, three
CLMRG members - Mike Rents, Mike
Walters, and Bob Adams - left the local
area by car for a drive to Whitney Porlals at
GETTING IT OUT- One lirelighterdashe. up to extinguish a lire In the .imulator
designed to look and act like the jet exhau.t of an aircraft wIIile the other stands by
to cover him with II larger eilrbon dioxide extinguisher if nKHsary. Their
protective clothing reflects heat, permitting them to get In close to lire. without
getting hurt.
familiarization drills and watcbing takeoffs
and landings .in order to respond im-
mediately to any aircraft incldent.
Fire Station No. 3 has two types of
Crash I Fire Rescue (CFR) vehicles: the
MB-1, a diesel-powered, 4-wheel drive, CFR
Vehicle that contains 1,000 gsUons of water
and 130 gallons of aqueous film forming
foam (AFFF), and the P~, a dil!llel-
powered all-wheel drive vehicle with I>-
speed seml...utomatic transmission con-
taining 1,500 gallons of water and 200
gallons of AFFF. Aqueous FUm Forming
Foam is used on aircraft because It has a
flrefighting efllciency of three times that of
proteinfoam. AFFF has been proven to be a
supericr fire extinguishing agent against
fuel fires. MlJ:ed in • ratio of 6 parts of
AFFF to 94 parts of water, the AFFF floats
on top of flammable lIqulds and forms a
vapor seal, restricting the emission of
flammable vapors.
FIRST TO RESPOND
The first vehicles to respond to an
emergency are the P4-A crew located atthe
Apex and the Fire Captsto in a QuIck
Response Vehicle (QRV) whicb carries 200
gsUons of (AFFF I Water) fire ~
agent, alrcraftJle8t pins, and down locka
used to secure ejection seats and 1andIng
gear, and a wide range of other emergency
suppUes and equipment.
Fire Station No~3 has two amhQlances, a
4-wheel drive ambulance that responds with
the crash crews and a reserve van. The
ambulances respond to all emergency
medical calls at the air field involving
military, civilian employees, contractors,
traffic and other type emergencies.
The fire fighters at StaUon No. 3 fight
structural fires in the airfield area in ad-
dition to their CFR responsibilities, stand
by when aircraft are defueled, or when
hazardous cargo is on- or off-loaded. During
working hours they also conduct the same
sort of fire inspections that fire fighters
from the main FIre Station conduct, and
belp cover the other fire stations in Urne of
need. Both stations have full coverage at all
Urnes, even if off-duty fire flgtUers must be
called in to man the stations duri!lg major
emergencies.
Fire fighters spend their Urne ensuring
that their equipment is in top condition at all
times and that they are, too. TraIning is
continuous. Not only do they regularly
(Continued on Pilge 3)
, OCR Text: PogeEight ROCKETEER
Festive parade tomorrow will be
highlight of Desert Empire Fair
It's fairtime agsin in the IndIan Wells
Valley, and the higblight of this year's
Desert EmpIre Fair (DEF), whicb began
Wednesday evening and will continue
through Sunday, will be the big parade
tomorrow morning on N. China Lake Blw.
in Ridgecrest.
"Young America" isthe theme of the 1980
DEF parade, whicb will begin at 10 a.m. at
the 1ntersection of French St. and N.
-SATURDAY, SUNDAY SEPT. 27, 28
" NORMA RAE"
Starring
Sally F ields and Ron Liebman
(Social drama , rated PG. 115 min.>
WEDNESDAY OCT. 1
" FOXES"
Starr ing
Jod i Foster and Scott Baio
( Drama, rated R. lOSm in.)
Program slated on
calendars used by
ancient Shoshones
"Tubatulabal Calendars of Eastern Kern
County," will be discussed during a film
- slide and lecture presentstion by Robert
Schiffman, assistant professor of an-
thropology at Bakersfield College, on
Wednesday evening, Oct. I, at 7:30 at Ricb-
mond Scbool.
This free lecture about the Shoshone
people of the Upper Kern River is sponsored
by the Maturango Museum for the benefit of
the community.
Schiffman has been very active in the
archeology of Kern County; one of the areas
that he will show and discuss will be a site
found near the South Fork of the Kern
River, a site that appeared to be a solstice
marker.
He will also show film slides of and
discuss other pictograpb sites found in the
surrounding area.
Package store opening
ceremony s~ated Monday
A grand opening ceremony will be beld at
12noon on Monday at the package store that
opened for business this week at Its new
location in Bennington Plaza.
Capt. William B. Haff, NWC Commander,
will be on hand to officiate at a ribbon
cutting, following whicb tbose eligible to
patronize the package store will be invited
to enjoy refreshments that will be prepared
for the occaslon.
WISH LIST - Cantel Hurley, 3'1>, conte.. with Santa about toy. on di.play at the
opening of the JIIavy Exchange Toylolnd IoIst Saturday morning. Toylolnd will be
open each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Irom 10 a.m. until Sp.m. between now
and Thanksgiving in a part 01 the Bennington P"'zo complex formerly.occupied by
the ESB barbershop. - Pboto by Ron Allen
,
September 26, 1980
Films on Bolshoi
Ballet to be shown
Saturday at college
Films featuring the famed Bolshoi Ballet
will be presented tomorrow afternoon and
evening at the Cerro Coso Community
College lecture hall.
Dwight Grell, curator of the Bolshoi
Theatre Ballet, will bring his rare fihns and
a sampling of artifacts here from the Los
Angeles musewn.
Grell has traveled to Moscow, wbere he
was given the unusual privilege of being
allowed to film the ballet company during
class sessions and also in rehearsal.
For the past 20 years, Grell has been one
of the Bolshoi Ballet's most avid fans.
Among a sampling of the memorabilia he
has collected are more than 2tl autographed
baUet slippers, hundreds of photographs
and a large amount of literature about the
world-renowned baUet company.
A matinee for students has been
scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday at the college
lecture hall. Films will be shown of the
remarkable Nadezhada Pavlova in a
rehearsal of " Gisell," and there will be
another movie showing a master class-
tsught by Assaf Messerer.
Among the slar-studded cast of dancers .
included in the fihns are Maya Plisetskaya,
Aleksander Godunov, Vladimir Vasiliev,
and Vyacheslav Gordeyev, in addition to
Nadezhada Pavlova.
An evening showing at 7 o'clock will
feature filmed excerpts from the movie
" Maya Plisetskaya," and the baUet
productions of "Swan Lake," "Sleeping
BeautyI H " Spartacus," " Little Hump-
backed Horse,It and "The Dying Swan.It
Tickets to the matinee are priced at $1
.each for all interested persons, while ad-
mission to the evening show is $2 for the
general public and $1.50 for holders of Cerro
Coso College associated student body cards.
Commissioned Officers' Mess
King of roasts' night is on tap tomorrow
evening at the Commissioned OffIcers'
Mess, where the main entree on the menu
will be prime rib of beef.
Another special night of dining is coming
.rJIIl Tuesday at the COM, when the chef will
prepare chicken cordon bleu with wild rice.
Dirmer will be served from 6 to 9 o'clock
on both evenings.
Chief Petty Office..' Club
Frederick '" Company, a ~ece rock-
music group from the Los Angeles area, will
be playing at the Chief Petty OffIcers' Club
this evening, bringing music for listening
and dancing to all members and guests.
Prior to tonight's entertainment, whicb is
scheduled from 8:30 p.m. untll12:3O a.m.,
the CPO dining staff will provide diners
with a cboice of either prime ribs of beef or
Icelandic cod. Dinner will be served from 6
to 9 p.JJ.l.
Enlisted Mess
Surf n' turf will be the main entree on the
Enlisted Mess menu this evening from 6 to
8:30.
After dinner, c'Millenium," a S-piece rock
combo from the Los Angeles area, will be
performing for the listening and dancing
pleasure of EM patrons trom 9 p.m. to 1:30
8,m.
-tr u .s. Ge¥er,.ftMfI' PriRti,.. OHke:
·1980- No 1045
From :
.
To:
,
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
J
Combined Federal Campaign merits all hands' support
Once again, as citizens of the Indian Wells Valley area, we have the if not luxurious, meets all our necessities. Ufl/ortunately, there are still a
privilege - and the obligation - to actively support the numerous agencies fairly large n!Jmber ofAmericans who have been unable to sharefully in the
that provide assistance to unfortunate and underprivileged people in this blessings ofour great nation - some are children who have been afflicted
nation and around the world. This opportunity comes about through the with debilitating and often incurable diseases. Some are people who have
Combined Federal Campaign that will be conducted here during the known only poverty during their lifetimes, and othersfind themselves in old
month ofOctober. age torn between increasing medical expenses and decreasing purchasing
Your voluntary donations not only help those in need, they also lend power.
valuable assistance to health research programs, to programs that provide I urge all ofyou to join me in generously contributing to the Combined
youth guidance and emphasize character building for young people, and Federal Campaign. Federal employees and military personnel have always
help to make possible many other services that help those unable to help been among the most generous people in the world, and it's a well deserved
themselves. reputation.
In our area, contribw,tions to the CFC will make it possible to support the Wholehearted participation by each individu.al being asked to support the
efforts of 49 agencies by a single donation, thus holding to an absolute local CFC will guarantee the success of this fund raising effort again this
minimum the costs associated with this "once for all" fund-raising effort.
As a result, campaign overhead is minimized and benefits realized from
each contribution are maximized.
"fost ofus enjoy reasonably good health and a standard ofliving which,
year.
NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER
CHINA LAKE
CALIFORN'IA
September 26,1980
Vol. xxxv.No. J9
William B. Haff
Captain, U.S. Navy
Commander, Naval Weapons Center
INSIDE . . .
Fire Prevention Week Reminder ......... 2
CFCBriefingSetMonday ............... 3
Disability Retirement Changes .......... 4
Essay, Photo Contest Open •..•.......•.. 5
Sports ................ . ..... . ......... 6
Desert Empire Fair Parade . . . . . ... ... . . 8
NWC aircraft crash crews
prepare for eme.
rgencies
they hope wiII never occur
MECHANICAL AID - The P·4A cr..h I lire rescue vehicle supp...... II.. and
extingui.hes liolmes at the simuloltor during a lire practice while lire Ilghte.. dash
to the flaming ....ircr..ft" to rescue possible alrcrew members on bunt. The noule
of the P-4A is controllod Irom the driver's ..at to permit the most rapid possible
application of water and Ught water onto an aircraft Ii... - Photos by Ron Allen
Navy helicopter lifts injured
Mt. Whitney climber to safety
Military personnel from the Naval
Weapons Center and members of the China
Lake Mountsto Rescue Group (CLMRG)
teamed up early Monday morning in a
successful rescue mission involving a man
who had slipped and fallen some 200 ft. the
previous day while attempting to negotiate
a section of the Mt. Whitney Mountaineer's
Trail.
The accident victim, 4f>.year~ld Robert
Norton, of La Canada, lost his footing in a
patcb of hard-packed snow that had turned
Icy.
Morton was following Cbris Harris, a I&-
year~ld Eagle Scout, who had succeeded in
getting across the treacherous spot where
the older man feU, and it was the latter who
became the hero of the hour by setting about
the difficult task of going to the aid of
Morton.
At the same time, three other hikers wbo
were foliowing along the Mountaineer's
Trail headed back along a safer route to
report the accident and set the wheels in
motion for the rescue mission that followed.
9:15.
From Whitney' Porlals, they trudged
nearly aU night up the Mt. Whiiney trail to
Iceberg Lake, where they learned that
young Harris had succeeded, by the use of
rope belays, in lowering Morton to their
base camp and the injured man was resting
in a sleeping bag.
(Continued on P.oe 3)
Trained and ready at alltimes, but hoping
that they will never be needed are the crash
crews from the Naval Weapons Center's
Fire Division.
During all times that flight operations are
taking place, two crash crews, one am-
bulance crew and the crash captsto stand
by to meet emergencies. One 3-man crash
crew is located at the Apex, the small
shelter with a red and white checked roof
located close to the intersection of runways
21 and 14, and another at Fire Station No.3,
located in the main complex.of bulldings at
Armitage AIrfield.
SAVING LIVES TAKES PRIORITY
The need for the three-man crew is em-
phasized by Navy manuals and instructions
- first, lives must be saved. Second, fire
must be suppressed and damage to aircraft
minimized. Because lives are the prime
priority, the ambulances at all Fire Stations
are manned by emergency medical
technicians (EMTs) and all fire fighters are
trained in advanced first aid, with the
majority being EMTs.
The three fire fighters at the Apex
monitor transmissions on the emergency
aircraft radio band so that they will be
immediately aware of any potential
emergency. They also spend their two-hoar
rotsting shifts at the Apex on aircraft
A request for assistance in aiding the
injured hiker was received here at ap-
proximately 7:30p.m. Sunday from the Inyo
County Sheriff's office. Since it would be
necessary to wait until daylight for a Navy
SAR helicopter to fly into the area, three
CLMRG members - Mike Rents, Mike
Walters, and Bob Adams - left the local
area by car for a drive to Whitney Porlals at
GETTING IT OUT- One lirelighterdashe. up to extinguish a lire In the .imulator
designed to look and act like the jet exhau.t of an aircraft wIIile the other stands by
to cover him with II larger eilrbon dioxide extinguisher if nKHsary. Their
protective clothing reflects heat, permitting them to get In close to lire. without
getting hurt.
familiarization drills and watcbing takeoffs
and landings .in order to respond im-
mediately to any aircraft incldent.
Fire Station No. 3 has two types of
Crash I Fire Rescue (CFR) vehicles: the
MB-1, a diesel-powered, 4-wheel drive, CFR
Vehicle that contains 1,000 gsUons of water
and 130 gallons of aqueous film forming
foam (AFFF), and the P~, a dil!llel-
powered all-wheel drive vehicle with I>-
speed seml...utomatic transmission con-
taining 1,500 gallons of water and 200
gallons of AFFF. Aqueous FUm Forming
Foam is used on aircraft because It has a
flrefighting efllciency of three times that of
proteinfoam. AFFF has been proven to be a
supericr fire extinguishing agent against
fuel fires. MlJ:ed in • ratio of 6 parts of
AFFF to 94 parts of water, the AFFF floats
on top of flammable lIqulds and forms a
vapor seal, restricting the emission of
flammable vapors.
FIRST TO RESPOND
The first vehicles to respond to an
emergency are the P4-A crew located atthe
Apex and the Fire Captsto in a QuIck
Response Vehicle (QRV) whicb carries 200
gsUons of (AFFF I Water) fire ~
agent, alrcraftJle8t pins, and down locka
used to secure ejection seats and 1andIng
gear, and a wide range of other emergency
suppUes and equipment.
Fire Station No~3 has two amhQlances, a
4-wheel drive ambulance that responds with
the crash crews and a reserve van. The
ambulances respond to all emergency
medical calls at the air field involving
military, civilian employees, contractors,
traffic and other type emergencies.
The fire fighters at StaUon No. 3 fight
structural fires in the airfield area in ad-
dition to their CFR responsibilities, stand
by when aircraft are defueled, or when
hazardous cargo is on- or off-loaded. During
working hours they also conduct the same
sort of fire inspections that fire fighters
from the main FIre Station conduct, and
belp cover the other fire stations in Urne of
need. Both stations have full coverage at all
Urnes, even if off-duty fire flgtUers must be
called in to man the stations duri!lg major
emergencies.
Fire fighters spend their Urne ensuring
that their equipment is in top condition at all
times and that they are, too. TraIning is
continuous. Not only do they regularly
(Continued on Pilge 3)
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