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NASA Ames Engine Company to Conduct Live Plane Fire Qualifying

.The NASA Ames Engine company will certainly administer urgent reaction fire instruction on the west ramp of the Moffett Federal Airport between 8 a.m. and also 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 with Sunday, Sept. 14. The media and the public are actually recommended that alarms might be clear and smoke cigarettes plumes and blazes may be visible coming from U.S. Road 101 during the course of this moment. However, officials typically assume little bit of to no smoke.The session will certainly include a real-time burn developed by a propane-fueled aircraft fire simulation at the area. The exercise is actually planned to prepare Ames fire responders and Ames Emergency Workflow Center staff for real-life fire emergency situations.For more information concerning NASA's Ames Proving ground, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/ames.- end-.Rachel HooverAmes Proving Ground, Silicon Valley650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov.