Show I Ii t f IW j ri I t S 1 w r m b bL e i L NEW AIRPORT FIRE STATION and fire fighting equipment equip ment are shown shawn by left to right Blaine Hunting Aviation R Rod d Anderson Basin Flying Service and Dean Airport fire station in en full fill operation Uintah County has recently finished building a new fire station building at the Vernal Municipal Airport The square foot metal building is located on the west side of the Frontier Airlines terminal building and faces the main way taxi apron The fire station houses a dry chemical fire truck along with additional chemical storage Thu Th station tation is large enough to accommodate two fire fighting units Tim THE NEW V station was financed 91 per cent by Federal Aviation Administration boarding fee funds anti and 4 11 per cent city and county and 4 Ms per percent percent percent cent state aero aeronautics funding Fire fighting drills are conducted conducted con con- ducted under the Hie direction of Airport Manager Dean Reynolds and employees for Dinah Aviation and Basin Flying Service two fixed base operators Workers from the nearby air service companies respond and are trained with the available fire fighting equipment said Mr Reynolds who is also a Frontier ticket agent In fire drills the equipment must be able to get to the middle of the main runway in inless inless inless less than three minutes from aj n i feS Hi i Reynolds airport manager and Frontier station agent Special dry chemical powder Is used by the fire equipment I This unit is capable of hauling pounds of chemical the time the first call is made In the drill last week the men made Hlade it well within the three minute maximum UINTAH COUNTY has recently taken the security control at the airport Formerly Vernal City shared in this thus responsibility Mr Reynolds is employed by the county as the airport manager and Claude Eugene Wallace and Charles Charies l E. E Gilbert have been employed to take care of the security checks and direct the works of the airport The county airport personnel are deputized and check on all passengers of all four Frontier flights each day |