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The 1988 crash of Delta Flight 1141 was the last major commercial accident at Dallas-Fort Worth. Ahead of the 35th anniversary, these Star-Telegram photos of the scene are published for the first ...
The DFW Airport Department of Public Safety provides the airport with its own police, fire protection, and emergency medical services. [75] The DFW International Airport headquarters is located nearby at 2400 Aviation Drive. [76] In 1995, the airport opened Founders' Plaza, an observation park dedicated to the founders of DFW Airport.
Airport crash tenders offer relatively good acceleration for their size and weight, are able to negotiate rough terrain outside the airport area, carry large capacities of water and fire fighting foam, are fitted with powerful high-capacity pumps and water/foam cannons, and are capable of delivering firefighting media over long distances.
The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department began operations on July 4, 1872, in response to a large fire 12 years earlier in July 1860. [5] During the interim, there was a disorganized response with delays in starting due in part to the Civil War , The department became fully salaried in 1885.
Crews from eight area fire departments, including DFW Airport, assisted Grapevine crews in extinguishing the blaze Sunday afternoon.
Forty-five seconds after first being alerted, three fire trucks from the airport's fire station No. 3 arrived at the crash and began fighting the fire. Additional units from fire stations No. 1 and No. 2 arrived within five minutes, and despite high wind gusts and heavy rain, the fire was mostly under control within 10 minutes after the alert ...
DFW Airport brings in $28 billion in visitor spending, $5 billion in state and local tax revenue, and about 60,000 people work at the airport. Many people have come here, largely, because of the ...
The Alvis Salamander is a six-wheel drive airport crash tender with off-road capabilities, developed in 1956. [1]It shares the same common Alvis six-wheel-drive chassis and other components with the FV 601 Saladin armoured car and FV 603 Saracen armoured personnel carrier.