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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 1976
Fire Fighters
Battalion photo by Steve Goble
A group of municipal firemen pour water
on a fuel fire at the Brayton Firemen’s
Training Field near Easterwood Airport.
(An additive in the water allows it to float
on the oil, snuffing out the flames.) Thick
plumes of black smoke darken the western
horizon of College Station this week as
some 2,000 firemen attend a week-long
training session.
New fire fighting
steps demonstrated
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Recent developments in fire fight
ing techniques and equipment will
he demonstrated tonight at Texas
A6cM University.
Demonstrations are planned for
2,000 participants at the 47th annual
Fireman’s Training School.
The school began Monday with
fire fighters battling blazes at
Brayton Training Field and attend
ing class meetings across the cam
pus. Engineering Dean and FTS ad
visory board chairman Fred J.
Benson welcomed municipal school
students and instructors.
Fire Prevention Training Division
Chief Henry D. Smith announced
"ons. They will
iuuww ljic: tiiLt11jv.,chool banquet,
at about 8:30 p.m.
While structured primarily to en
hance the weeklong training for
firemen, fire marshals and fire man
agement personnel, the session at
Brayton Field is open to the public.
Visitors also will see the new
maritime training evolution. Con
sisting of parts of a Liberty ship, it
will serve as an aid to training sea
going firemen. Masts and stacks
have been recently added. Contrac
tors are still erecting the “ship.”
Equipment to be demonstrated
includes the Fire King aluminized
fire entry suit,the Sky Genie escape
device and two types of relatively
new foam units. The Fire King,
which features a self-contained air
pack, will be used to fight a pump
flange fire, according to Charles
Page.
Page, G.G. “Bud” McDowell and
field staff, with instructors’ aid, will
run the demonstrations.
‘These will be good solid demon-
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Award doesnt deter him
One (lay
Firefighter continues training
A prominent Spur citizen wasn’t
allowed to let a major award deter his
contributions to the 47th Texas
Firemen’s Training School.
Spur brought the 1976 Dickens
County Citizen of the Year Award to
Bill Barrett.
A delegation from the northwest
Texas city was on hand Sunday when
Barrett, an instructor in the fire
school, was first given notice of the
award.
It was presented for Dickens
County by Chief Hershel Sharp, of
ficial of the school at Texas A&M
University. Former Lubbock fire
chief. Sharp is an associate training
specialist in the Fire Protection
Training Division of the Texas En
gineering Extension Service.
The 47th school registered 2,(X)0
firefighters Sunday and Monday for
classroom and field training. It runs
through Friday.
Barrett serves as coordinator of
structural fires at Brayton Training
Field. Many of the 2,()()() students
will battle fires there this week
under Barrett’s supervision.
Chief of the Spur Fire Depart
ment for 14 years, Barrett has been
in the city’s volunteer fire service for
28 years. He serves on the Spur City
Council. The 52-year-old firefighter
attended his first Texas Firei
Training School in 1947.
been here as a participantorinl
tor for all but three since.
Barrett is second vice presii
the State Firemen’s and FireJ
hal s Association of Texas. H|
succeed to the presidency
The Dickens County Citiaj
the Year by profession isaruril
carrier. He and his wife Petell
son, a student at Texas Tecli.
Fire Academy to he established
count over 1,000 donors. With
25,000 students last fall, the Aggie
Blood Drive hit 1,331.
A National Fire Academy is
planned near Washington D.C.,
firemen of the 47th Texas Firemen’s
Training School were informed
Monday by David M. McCormack of
the U. S. Department of Commerce.
Appropriations for the facility
were vetoed by the President. Site
selection measures tied to the legis
lation brought about the veto.
"I believe that by the 48th Texas
school, the National Fire Academy
will be making contributions and
providing help at the local level,”
stated McCormack, NFA superin
tendent in the Commerce Depart
ment’s National Fire Prevention and
Control Administration.
“We at the federal level want to
work with you,” he assured, “and not
tell you what to do in federal
bureaucratic fashion.
The official detailed arson investi
gation as an area of assistance, with
audio-visual aids, manuals and other
instructor aids.
McCormack said the academy will
assist in instructor development and
helping to work out national fire offi
cer qualifications. Applicable to
firefighters, instructors, fire inspec
tors and fire officers, the latter would
set minimum standards for training
and skills.
T believe these must remain a
state and local function, McCor
mack said.
A model community fire protec
tion master plan should be de
veloped, McCormack added.
And I believe strongly that the
fire service should be involved in
strations. Page said, “though
perhaps not as spectacular as some
we’ve had.”
Chemical complex and process
unit fires are planned. Also in opera
tion as part of daily training, a run
down spill fire will be fought in dem
onstration.
“This type of fire fighting situation
might be encountered in labs and
other structures,” Page explained.
Demonstrations also will include
use of the Hurst tool, knowii as the
’’jaws of life.’ ? It is used for removing
victims from wrecked vehicles.
Along with other life-saving devices,
Rockford Safety will exhibit a new
type of extrication device.
Of special interest to firemen will
be demonstrations of a quick hose
roller, Halon’s 1211 gas-type fire ex
tinguisher and National Fire Hose’s
new one and three-quarter inch
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