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NASA Ames Fire Department to Conduct Live Plane Fire Training

.The NASA Ames Fire Department will carry out emergency reaction fire training on the west ramp of the Moffett Federal Landing strip in between 8 a.m. and also 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 via Sunday, Sept. 14. The media and also the general public are encouraged that alarms might be discernible as well as smoke plumes and blazes might show up from U.S. Highway 101 during this time. Having said that, officials normally expect little to no smoke.The treatment is going to feature a real-time eat up made through a propane-fueled aircraft fire simulation at the area. The drill is planned to ready Ames fire -responders as well as Ames Emergency Operations Facility workers for real-life fire emergencies.For more information about NASA's Ames , check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/ames.- end-.Rachel HooverAmes Research Center, Silicon Valley650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov.