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First Training Center established for rudimentary Aircraft Firefighter Training
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Wikipedia EntryDate August 2, 1985
Type Microburst
Passengers 152
Crew 11
Injuries 28 (including 1 on the ground)
Fatalities 137 (including 1 on the ground)
Survivors 27
Aircraft type Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar
Operator Delta Air Lines -
Wikipedia EntryDate August 31, 1988
Type Pilot error (failure to set flaps and slats correctly) and takeoff warning horn failure
Site Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l Airport
Euless, Tarrant County, Texas
Passengers 101
Crew 7
Injuries 76 (26 serious)[1]
Fatalities 14
Survivors 94
Aircraft type Boeing 727-232
Operator Delta Air Lines -
$11.2 Million project--a full training center for advanced fire training.
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EPA Compliant Propane Facility Opens. Over 15,000 external students to date.
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Attack on the World Trade Center Towers
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$29 Million Dollar project to completely remodel the Fire Training Center, to be reborn as the Fire Training Research Center,
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Overhead of the New Training Center nearing completion
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First Test of the new 5,000 Sq. ft. 3D Hydrocarbon Pit
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The Software for the High Tech Classroom and Website begins its initial tests today!
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This marks the Date that the DFW FTRC Staff will be able to move in to the Training Center and get things running!
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Scheduled Grand Opening
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In May of 2013, the DFW FTRC will be host to an ARFF Working Group Symposium focused on New Largeframe Aircraft and the ARFF response.
