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Show 0 Hilkup Times 2002 Daccmber 5 HillAFB - Activities list holiday hours j h weather outlook 5-d- ay www.airfieid-ops- The 75th Services Division has announced holiday hours for administrative offices and activities. For more details, call the individual activity. On Christmas Eve, Club Hill and the Marketing and Publicity Office will be closed. All other activities are open. Activities with different hours are the Hess Fitness Center, 10 a.m.-- p.m.; Outdoor Recreation, 8 ITT, 9 Skills Development Center, 8 Linen the and a.m.-11 Exchange, p.m.; Bowling Center, . hill.2f.milcsww63tfter 0 ""iS-jr- ? 0 171 3o 0 -- x I ' ihCJ 42 High 28 Low Partly cloudy o service Partly cloudy 6-1- 6-- r Thanksgiving 40' High 28" Low ftfl&V a.m.-noo- a.m.-noo- n; n; n; 5 !1 I a.m.-noo- 2 f. 1 a.m. On Christmas Day, food service provides breakfast from from 11 a.m.-- 6 p.m. Lodging will 7 a.m. and lunch-dinner maintain its normal schedule and be open around the clock. On Dec. 26, Skills Development and the Linen Exchange are closed. Club Hill opens at 10:30 a.m., and serves the bar menu only. All other Services activities will be open. Club Hill All Services activities are open Dec. menu the bar serves and those a.m. 10:30 at days, opens 29. Dec. closed is Skills Development only. For New Year's Eve, ITT and the Marketing office are closed, but all other activities are open. Activities with different hours are the Hess Fitness Center, 9 a.m.-- 5 p.m.; and the Bowling CenOutdoor Recreation, 8 Hill Club opens at 4 p.m. for New ter, 11 Year's Eve parties. Activities open New Year's Day are the Hess Fitness Center, 9 a.m.-- p.m.; and the Bowling Center, p.m.' Food service and Lodging will be open their normal hours.' All other Services activities will be closed. 28-3- 0. Photos Beth Young For all those who couldn't be with their families this Thanksgiving, the Hillcrest Dining Facility opened its doors for turkey and all the trimmings. Although Airman tst Class Carl Mclnturf was unable to make It homo this year, Pam Bergren would not let him go without Thanksgiving dinner. As his wife served customers, Ogden ALC commander, Maj. Gen. Scott Bergren, carves the turkey with the help of Lonnie Hubble, Hillcrest cook. a.m.-noo- n; a.m.-midnig- 5 - i 'KtttiMlftlimml 'See the blazing yule... Decorate carefully to avoid seasonal fires by Gary Boyte Hilltop Times staff Bright flashy lights and presents under a freshly cut pine tree are holiday staples for many this time of year and while good and cheer are what we hope for, those glowing bulbs wrapped around that tree can combine for a combustible burst that can leave more than spirits in ashes. The Davis County Fire Officer Association used member Hill Fire Department's fire training building and invited local media outlets to observe a graphic example of ho w quickly a spark can ignite a tree into flames and then spread quickly through a room. The fire took little time to reach the ceiling of the training building and smoke made seeing inside the room impossible from even a close distance of an open window. As the fire inside the room raged, engulfing every source of fuel including the carpet and furniture, windowpanes cracked and broke apart from the heat as smoke billowed out of the open windows. "There was about two minutes fronrfoetime the fire started to when the flames had engulfed the room. Thelieat was intense enough to melt every ornament Every present was reduced to just a pile of ash. We let this fire burn for just a few minutes and if this had been someone's home there would have been $15,000 to $20,000 worth of damage in just that room. Unchecked a fire like this would have taken most of the house," said Patrick Vega, Hill AFB Fire Department assistant chief According to National Fire Protection Agency last year there were 600 Christmas tree fires across the U.S. These fires killed 33 people and injured 112 others, while causing $21 million in damages. The Hill Fire Department advises base residents and employees to follow these safety guidelines: Consider an artificial tree. A real tree shouldn't lose needles when you tap it on the ground. After purchasing the tree cut one inch off the trunk at an angle. The tree stand should hold one gallon of water. Mix a commercial preservative with the water. A tree needs one gallon of water every two days. Check the water level every day. Clean the tree stand regularly to increase tree water intake, with one cap of bleach to one cup of water Secure the tree with wire to avoid tipping. Use only UL approved lights and link no more than three strands together. Use miniature lights, which have cool burning bulbs. Make sure there are no empty bulb spots along a light strand. If a bulb needs to be replaced, unplug the strand and review the original packaging for proper wattage and voltage Turn off the lights before you go to sleep or leave home. Use colored spotlights on a metallic tree. Never run extension cords under mats or carpets. Never use candles on a tree, even artificial trees. Dispose of the tree properly. Never burn the tree in a fireplace. Dry holiday trees burn very hot and extremely quick. The fire may rapidly leave the fireplace and move into your room. "Hill AFB has not had a reported holiday tree fire in the last three years and we don't want one this year," said Vega. The holiday season should be about celebrating life, not trying to put it back together after a fire. A few minutes of preventive maintenance could mean the difference between a warm holiday glow and a destructive inferno." For more fire prevention information call Vega at Ext 64195 or the Fire Prevention Section at Ext will 39 High 25' Low Mostly cloudy with chance of light snow showers Photos by Gary Boyle Silent night turns fiery with a single spark. Flames engulf a holiday tree, then quickly spreads by igniting furniture and carpet while toxic smoke fills the room. After the blaze Is put out by firefighters a cameraman takes a close optical view of what remains of this holiday scene. o six-fo- ot 36 High 24' Low Mostly cloudy 38' High 26' Low Mostly cloudy :Tg mMwimmi j imp ijmi nil linn . i iiiu a umawMiMMi im. immjuuM J i Computer teams help thwart attacks fromi hackers by Brady Snyder Deseret News staff writer Attempted hacks into military base computer systems have increased in the year following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on America. However, it is unknown whether any of those attempted hacks are the work of terrorists. Hill AFB is just one U.S. military base engaging in a heightened cyber war following last year's attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Hill now receives an estimated 1 million cyber attacks monthly, up from 100,000 monthly attacks the base's computer system suffered prior to Sept 11. While John Gilchrist Hill's chief of information assurance, said security precautions for-- bid him from confirming the numbers, he did say Hill has witnessed a large increase in cyber attacks since Sept. 11. It has been a steady, slow increase, not a sudden jump, Gilchrist said. The increased attacks have Hill's computer defenders on alert "Probably the biggest single difference has been the level of intensity or seriousness that we approach the job with," he said. "After 911, things changed for everybody." There are var ying levels of cyber hacks. Some are likely computer geeks poking around where they shouldn't be. Others are more serious, rising to the level of potential sabotage, Gilchrist said. To date, however, Gilchrist said his crew has successfully thwarted every attempted i hack. While there is no classified data available on military systems connected to the Internet, Gilchrist said these cyber attackers could work to shut down some of Hill's systems. It is difficult to determine where the millions of attempted hacks originate. In most cases, Gilchrist said attackers will log onto an Internet service provider in one country, hack into a system in another country and then launch an attack effectively making it more difficult to track the hacker's locale. Hill like other Air Force bases is aided by the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team to find and prosecute military hackers. Raw numbers indicate that most attacks come from inside U.S. borders. However, hacks from Europe and Asia are close seconds, Gilchrist f said. To combat the increased attacks, Hill has beefed up Gilchrisf s staff, which includes both civilian and military personnel. The base has also employed a new intrusion-detectio- n system that monitors nearby cyber traffic. That personnel is key to stopping attacks, 1st Lt. Garrett Grochowski, from the Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office said. "We certainly don't welcome these attacks, but we've got a great group of people whose job is to defend the base," Grochowski said. Gilchrist predicts that such cyber attacks at Hill and on other military bases will continue to increase. The war on terror and heightened technology will contribute-tthose increases, he said. (Reprinted with permission)- hacker-friendl- y |