The White Falcon - 26.11.1980, Side 1

Our leaders give thanks
resident Carter
Thanksgiving Day is more than a
celebration. In President Carter's
Thanksgiving Day proclamation, he
said, "We have set aside one day a
year to give thanks for all that we
have. The greatest bounty of our
nation is the bounty of our heri-
tage—our diversity as immigrants
and descendants of immigrants, our
common identiity as Americans.
"Yet Thanksgiving is more than
Just a day of celebration, it is
also a commemoration—of the day
America's earliest inhabitants sat
down to table with European colo-
nists."
The President, asked that all
pause on Thanksgiving to offer
thanks, and not forget our fore-
bears who had the vision to join
together in Thanksgiving, and who
gave us so much of the vision of
unity that belongs to the nation
today.
Admiral Train
As we celebrate the first Thanks-
giving of the 1980's let us each
pause to reflect with pride on the
heritage passed to us by our fore-
fathers and look to the future with
hope and confidence.
This Thanksgiving we can be very
grateful for the abundant bounties
we share as a nation and for the
many freedoms we enjoy as indi-
viduals. The very presence of the
Atlantic Fleet ensured the preser-
vation of our freedom.
Whether you are with family and
friends or in the Mediterranean,
Indian Ocean or at an isolated
station, the citizens of the United
States look to you to preserve
peace so we may continue to enjoy
our democratic way of life.
I express my appreciation to you
and your families for your commit-
ment and continued dedication in
the face of personal hardships.
May all of you have a very happy
Thanksgiving.
Admiral Harry D. Train, II, U.S.
rTMrr.AWTPT.T
WHITE
Keflavik, Iceland
November 26, 1980
Volume 23, Number 47
FALCON
ire Dept, acquires two new trucks
The Naval Station Fire Department
has acquired two new fire trucks.
One is the A/S 32 P2, a crash fire-
fighter truck which carries 2,300
gallons of water and 200 gallons of
foam, and operates on diesel fuel.
According to Deputy Fire Chief
Haraldur Stefansson "it's the only
one of its kind in the Navy and re-
quires special training."
The other fire truck, a
1000 gallon per minute firefighting
truck, has a frame mounted 500 gal-
lon water tank and a 60 gallon foam
tank and it is used for combating
structural fires.
The Deputy Fire Chief reported
that the two trucks significantly
increase the Naval Station Fire
Department's fire fighting capa-
bility.
Air Force Master Sergeant Robert
Tyminski of the Fire Protection
Training Branch, Air Training Com-
mand, Chanute AFB, Illinois is
training personnel of the fire sta-
tion here in the utilization of the
A/S 32 P2.
k He said, "It's the second biggest
truck in the Air Force, it weighs
66,800 pounds, and it's basic op-
eration is simple once you're
familiar with it." He teaches all
the truck's systems and presently
has two classes of six students
each from the fire department which
began October 30 and will be com-
pleted Saturday.
Sergeant Tyminski said he began
his career as a fire fighter when he
joined the Air Force 19 years ago
and has traveled around the world as
an instructor during the past seven
years.
Deputy Fire Chief Stefansson re-
ported there is more than 100 people
working for thr Naval Station Fire
Department and 70 of them are
directly involved in fire fighting or
arresting on the runway. Others are
concerned with snow removal, indus-
trial safety, runway inspection, and
fire prevention activity.
He also said there are 20 men on
duty 24 hours a day. The goal of the
department the Deputy Fire Chief re-
ported is to "provide the best pos-
sible fire protection."
Training session
MSgt. Robert Tyminski explains
engine safety valves on the Naval
Station's new fire truck.