Firefighters could return FIREFIGHTING SERVICES could once again be based at the airport should federal recommendations become law. The last of the airport’s firefighters disappeared in Janu- ary 1998 after the federal government decided they weren't necded for facilities of its size, But a review of emergency services ordered in February of that year has now formed the basis for the proposed new regulations. , . ; ; Due to the number of large passenger aircraft using the Terrace airport, a trained firefighter equipped with a fire truck and extinguishing agents would have to be on site each and every time one of these planes lands and takes off, As well, there would need to be a response capability of three minutes, a ; ; Right now there are no firefighters at the airport and the two trucks that were once there were sold to the city, The current plan is that city firefighters would respond to the airport if needed. Transport Canada aerodrome safety director John Max- well said airport authorities, airport users and others are being contacted for their opinion of the proposed regula- lions and to determine what, if any changes, might be re- quired. “‘Our objective is to have the regulations in place by the end of the calendar year of 1999,” he said last week. Airports will then have one year in which statistics will Airport opposes plan to require firefighters THE NEW group operating the airport is opposing any attempt by the federal government to provide firefighting services at the airport. Terrace-Kitimat Airport Society Frank Hamilton says it doesn’t have the kind of money needed to provide the service. And he wants to know why the same government which told smaller airports they didn’t need emergency services is now saying they do. ‘‘What has changed from then to uaow?’’ — said Hamilton last week, Transport Canada ran the airport before turning it over to the society this spring. At one time there were six firefighters and two fire trucks stationed at the air- ' port at an estimated annual cost of between $250,000 and $300,000, That’s about equivalent to one-third of the current op- crating budget at the airport which is designed to come in with a small surplus on expenditures of $1 million. Although the proposed new regulations wouldn't cost as much, Hamilton said any wnanticipated extra costs would hurt. At the same time, airport manager Darryl Laurent queslioned the need for an emergency response service (ERS) for an airport the size of Terrace. “Tf an aircraft crashes and burns, and it crashes on the cliff beyond Ferry Island, for example, what good would an ERS at the airport do?,’”’ he said. “‘And when a crash did happen, we got an excellent (co-op) : TERRACE ¢0.0P CARD LOCK See us on location at the Northwest Loggers Association Trade Show Saturday, May 15 Thornhill Community Grounds Check out our booth! 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As to costs, Maxwell said Transport Canada was puttin together a series of figures for study by affected airpons, **We fully expect people to be. pushing ahead for fund- ing,” said Maxwell when asked if costs would be covered by Tratispart Canada. ~ kk kkk THE REVIEW of airport firefighting services across Cana- da Jast February was accompanied by a freeze on. any planned changes to those services. That meant airports which were shedding their firefighiers had to stop pending the results of the review. The freeze went into effect Feb. 3, barely two weeks after the last firefighter was laid off here. 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