DFW Airport Department of Public Safety's Fire Rescue Training Academy conducts exercises that are based on actual incidents that have occurred at DFW Airport and other airports around the world. The scenarios and curriculum are developed from strategy and tactics used by Aircraft Fire Rescue Firefighters and Command Staff that are proven effective and successful. This information exchange and practical application is intended to provide each firefighter participating in the courses an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills from our experiences. Training is conducted using aircraft built to scale and using the appropriate number of trainees required to train under the safest and most realistic conditions possible
AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING
Specialized Aircraft Trainer is a full-scale course designed to train firefighters on the procedures and techniques required to control and extinguish the fires encountered on aircraft and conduct search and rescue operations.
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System Overview
The trainers in use at DFW Airport's Department of Public Safety are designed and built to scale and represent actual conditions encountered in buildings. Propane is used as the fuel for operating the trainers.
Scenarios are created through computer-controlled functions that are a part of the trainer system. The trainers are equipped with safety features that allow for immediate shutdown and evacuation of smoke and heat, providing a safe training environment.
Fire Rescue Trainer Description
The Fuel Spill Burn Trainer is a 152' diameter trainer used for training firefighters in the art of controlling and extinguishing fuel fires. An aircraft mockup is arranged in the burn area to represent a downed aircraft with the left wing detached from the fuselage. The fires in this trainer are controlled by size, intensity, extinguishment time and type of extinguishing agent via a computer.
The Specialized Aircraft Trainer is a full-scale aircraft trainer designed to train firefighters on the procedures and techniques required to control and extinguish the fires encountered on aircraft and conduct search and rescue operations. The following training scenarios can be created as a single project or a combination of trainers: under extreme smoke and heat conditions, cabin fire with or without a flashover and electrical fire in the cockpit requiring the proper shutdown of power to accomplish control and extinguishment. An electrical fire in the galley is designed to train firefighters and flight crews to control and extinguish the fires. A lavatory fire provides a scenario that incorporates heavy smoke and a confined fire with extreme close and confined working areas. The trainer is equipped with high and low mount engines that are capable of providing a cowling fire, running engine fire and tailpipe fire. The Hot Brake and Wheel fire project provides firefighters with the opportunity to cool hot brakes, control a wheel fire and experience a fusible plug release.
The Three Dimensional and Flowing Fuel Fire Trainer provides firefighters an opportunity to control and extinguish a flowing fuel fire combined with an overhead and ground fire scenario. This trainer provides the challenges equivalent to a ruptured elevated fuel tank or a leaking fuel tank or line on an aircraft.
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STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING
Structural Fire Trainers and the Training Tower are used to train firefighters on the control and extinguishment of selected structural fire scenarios. Click on the underlined links below for more information.
System Overview
The trainers in use at DFW Airport's Department of Public Safety are designed and built to scale and represent actual conditions encountered in buildings. Propane is used as the fuel for operating the trainers.
Scenarios are created through computer controlled functions that are a part of the trainer's system. The trainers are equipped with safety features that allow for immediate shutdown and evacuation of smoke and heat, providing a safe training environment.
Fire Rescue Trainer Description
The Structural Fire Trainers and the Training Tower are used to train firefighters on the control and extinguishment of selected structural fire scenarios. The training tower is six stories in height and is equipped with five separate trainers, designed to incorporate the firefighting requirements of a high rise operation. The tower also is equipped with two sprinkler systems that are used for training purposes, an elevator for elevator rescues, standpipes in the stairwell and a video camera system, which monitors the training process.
Trainers installed in the tower include a warehouse stacked storage fire with a flashover that is accessible through a loading dock, pedestrian door or from the second floor to create a sub surface incident. The second floor is equipped with a commercial kitchen trainer adjacent to the search and rescue maze. The electrical transformer and electrical panel fire trainers can be used in conjunction with the search and rescue maze or the kitchen fire trainer. The third floor has a typical hotel room complete with a dressing area, bathroom and a sleeping room. The trainer is referred to as the High Rise Trainer, equipped with a bed, wall fire and a flashover. Training scenarios may be operated with or without a flashover, determined by the instructor.
The Vehicle Fire Trainer is a 16-foot vehicle equipped with an engine, passenger compartment, spilled fuel and trunk fires. Fires can be operated as a single unit or all may be activated for full involvement.
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