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NASA Ames Fire Department to Conduct Live Aircraft Fire Qualifying

.The NASA Ames Fire Department will conduct urgent reaction fire training on the west ramp of the Moffett Federal Airport between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 by means of Saturday, Sept. 14. The media and the general public are actually urged that alarms may be clear as well as smoke plumes and also fires might be visible from united state Road 101 in the course of this time around. Nevertheless, representatives typically expect little bit of to no smoke cigarettes.The treatment will include a real-time blaze created by a propane-fueled plane fire simulator at the area. The practice is actually planned to ready Ames fire -responders as well as Ames Unexpected emergency Operations Center staff for real-life fire emergency situations.For more information regarding NASA's Ames Research Center, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov/ames.- end-.Rachel HooverAmes Proving Ground, Silicon Valley650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov.