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| Photo By Senior Airman Adarius Petty | U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, center right, joins the Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services Flight for a group photo after the ribbon cutting for Fire Station 6 on March 4, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The new facility will keep the unit’s mission in line with DoD emergency time and distance response mandates, where 'response time' is most often the critical factor in successful emergency mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty/Released) |
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV, UNITED STATES
Date Taken: 03.04.2015 Date Posted: 08.02.2016 18:22
Story by Senior Airman Adarius Petty
432d Wing/Public Affairs
The quality of support at Creech Air Force Base recently got a boost when the Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services Flight received a new home here.
Fire Station 6 officially opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony March 4, 2015 followed by a walk-through demonstration of the facility's several new capabilities.
"Fire house 6 adds facility and aircraft fire-rescue, emergency medical service, hazardous material and technical rescue emergency mitigation," said Robert Ward, fire department assistant chief. "It will enhance facility fire inspections; community fire safety awareness and education."
The former facility was a military family housing unit that had been converted to offices, meaning the staff had minimal space to conduct business. The relocation, however, will provide fire department management personnel and fire inspectors increased office space and storage areas for vehicles and other equipment. This enhancement only came to fulfillment through the supportive efforts of several units at Creech and Nellis Air Force Bases.
"We would like to express our deeply-felt gratitude to personnel in the local U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office, to facility construction project managers in both the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron and 799th Air Base Squadron and , to our Nellis-Creech firefighters who assisted in Fire House bed down operations," said Ward.
The new $8.3 million, 19,000 square foot fire house provides a location for fire trucks and firefighters to quickly respond to the growing northern portion of the base's airfield. The new facility will keep the mission in line with Department of Defense emergency time and distance response mandates, where response time is most often the critical factor in successful emergency mitigation.
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| Members of the Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services Flight, Fire Station 6, listen to a speaker during the Fire Station 6 ribbon cutting ceremony March 4, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The new fire house provides a location for fire trucks and firefighters to quickly respond to the growing northern portion of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty/Released) |
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| Right to left, U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, Col. Richard Boutwell, 99th Air Base Wing commander, John Beauchamp, Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services fire chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Steve McDonald, ACC command chief, pose for a photo following the ribbon cutting ceremony for Fire Station 6 on March 4, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The new fire house provides a location for fire trucks and firefighters to quickly respond to the growing northern portion of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty/Released) |
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| The Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services Flight’s Fire Station 6 personnel applaud the speaker during the Fire Station 6 ribbon cutting ceremony March 4, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The new facility will keep the unit’s mission in line with DoD emergency time and distance response mandates, where 'response time' is most often the critical factor in successful emergency mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty/Released) |
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| U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, left, and John Beauchamp, Nellis-Creech Fire Emergency Services fire chief, drive a truck to break the ribbon during a ceremony for the new Fire Station 6 on March 4, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The new fire house provides a location for fire trucks and firefighters to quickly respond to the growing northern portion of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adarius Petty/Released) |
