It took nearly four million dollars in government stimulus funds and almost a year of hard work to complete, but the brand new 20,000+ square foot fire station at the Piedmont Triad International Airport is all but ready for action. The new, state of the art facility is replacing the much smaller fire station that had served the airport for nearly five decades.
The much larger and updated facility has the room to house six trucks, one of which is also a brand new upgrade, and sixteen firemen who will work in twenty four hour shifts to ensure round the clock safety for passengers, flight crews and ground crews of the busy international facility. The new fire station is also equipped with a nearly five thousand square foot communications office.
Though there hadn’t been any disastrous failings stemming from the use of the older and smaller fire station, the facility and much of the equipment were outdated and needed an upgrade to more modern and more reliable gear to ensure that the firemen were well equipped to handle any situation that could arise.
In order for an airport to be safe and successful, all of the equipment needs to be as efficient and reliable as possible. Every piece of equipment; from the aircraft tugs that move the aircraft onto and off of the runway to the motorized carts that transport baggage and passengers need to be safe and reliable if an airport is to be successful in this fast paced industry.
Though not every airport needs to obtain a government grant of four+ million dollars to make the necessary upgrades to provide their passengers safety – any airport that is operating without new and reliable aircraft tugs, without up to date communications equipment or without the proper tools to maintain their aircraft needs to act quickly to make necessary changes. The safety and efficiency of the aircraft tugs start with the best and most reliable equipment to perform the task at hand, anything less than that could result in loss of business or loss of lives.
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