FIRE SIMULATOR TRAINING

Avoca, PA (August 2, 2007) - Barry J. Centini, Airport Director, announced that the Kellogg Fire Training Simulator returns to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport for three days of Intensive Firefighter training, on August 2-4, 2007.

Once again, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport offers this course to our Airport employees and other regional Airports, as well as our area Volunteer Fire Companies that will be called to assist at the Airport in case of an aircraft emergency.

George Bieber, AVP Director - Public Safety, said, “In addition to being used to continually educate our own ARFF Personnel, this course gives us an opportunity to allow our mutual aid fire personnel to work with our ARFF staff on an actual Aircraft simulator.” “This unit actually burns and the fire personnel work in an active fire environment,” Bieber continued. “They also receive very intense classroom instruction.”

Participants this year include representatives from:

Airports: Binghamton Regional Airport
Reading Regional Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Williamsport Regional Airport

Communities: Avoca Fire Department
Exeter Fire Department
Hughestown Fire Department
Pittston Twp. Fire Department
Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department

Other: Lockheed Martin