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FTRC Timeline

  • DFW Airport Opens

    DFW Airport Opens

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    Training Center History

  • DFW Airport Fire Training Center Built

    DFW Airport Fire Training Center Built

    First Training Center established for rudimentary Aircraft Firefighter Training
  • Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crash

    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
  • Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 Crash

    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
  • New Training Center Built

    New Training Center Built

    $11.2 Million project--a full training center for advanced fire training.
  • DFW Fire Training Center Opens

    DFW Fire Training Center Opens

    EPA Compliant Propane Facility Opens. Over 15,000 external students to date.
  • 9/11

    Attack on the World Trade Center Towers
  • Training Center Remodel Project Starts

    Training Center Remodel Project Starts

    $29 Million Dollar project to completely remodel the Fire Training Center, to be reborn as the Fire Training Research Center,
  • A-380 Mockup Test Burns

    A-380 Mockup Test Burns

  • Remodel nearing completion

    Remodel nearing completion

    Overhead of the New Training Center nearing completion
  • 3D Hydrocarbon Pit Test

    First Test of the new 5,000 Sq. ft. 3D Hydrocarbon Pit
  • Software Trials

    The Software for the High Tech Classroom and Website begins its initial tests today!
  • Date of Beneficial Occupancy

    This marks the Date that the DFW FTRC Staff will be able to move in to the Training Center and get things running!
  • First Week of Classes

  • Grand Opening

    Scheduled Grand Opening
    --Several events are planned around this time. More specifics to come.
  • New Largeframe Aircraft Symposium

    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.

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