From left to right: DFW Fire Chief Brian McKinney, DFW Airport CEO Jeffrey P. Fegan, Congresswoman Johnson, Kevin Solco - Airports Division Manager - FAA Southwest, DFW Vice President for Public Safety Alan Black, and Executive Vice President for Operations James Crites.
 

Washington, DC- (Friday, March 4, 2012) – Yesterday, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson offered remarks to congratulate the new Airbus A380 Mockup at the DFW Fire Training Research Center (FTRC), where it will be used for live fire training. The DFW Fire Training Research Center is in the midst of a $20 million renovation to be completed at the end of 2012.

“I'm delighted that the FAA has made the decision to help fund this facility.  It means a great deal to us.  It means that firefighters from all over can learn the skills right here to help them to save lives,” stated Congresswoman Johnson.

In 2010, Congresswoman Johnson helped secure a $3 million Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide innovative training strategies and models.

The FTRC offers Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) in a unique environment that is modeled on the actual conditions a firefighter would encounter in responding to an emergency. Since 1995, the FTRC has served firefighters from all over the world with variety course offerings such as aircraft and structural fire suppression, incident management, ARFF emergency vehicle operations.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.