SLIDE SHOW: BGFD conducts annual FAA fire training at airport
Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to douse a controlled burn meant to simulate a fire on a jet donated by the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to the BGFD at the airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to douse a controlled burn meant to simulate a fire on a jet donated by the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to the BGFD at the airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS, respond to a medical call at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS, practice providing medical care to firefighter Stephen Estes during a medical call drill at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises from Monday through Wednesday. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS, practice providing medical care to firefighter Stephen Estes during a medical call drill at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises from Monday through Wednesday. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS, pretend to tend to firefighter Stephen Estes as they respond to a medical call at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS, practice providing medical care to firefighter Stephen Estes during a medical call drill at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises from Monday through Wednesday. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to douse a controlled burn meant to simulate a fire on a jet donated by the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to the BGFD at the airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to douse a controlled burn meant to simulate a fire on a jet donated by the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to the BGFD at the airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to douse a controlled burn meant to simulate a fire on a jet donated by the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to the BGFD at the airport on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2025, as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, included medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters, along with Med Center EMS and some members of the Bowling Green Police Department, have been practicing this week on responding to medical calls, aircraft fires and more at the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport as part of the department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises. The drills, which were scheduled to be conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, include medical calls, controlled burns and more to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds.
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