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A firefighter assigned to the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron demonstrates the effects of a grease fire to a crowd during an open house Oct. 8 on Ramstein. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, 90 percent of house fires involve cooking equipment, with over half of those spawning from grease fires.

86 CES hosts open house, celebrates fire prevention week

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Lane T. Plummer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Fire Prevention Week kicked off with an open house for families in the KMC Oct. 8 on Ramstein.

October 20, 2016 ×

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KMC Fire Emergency Services supports Fire Prevention Week 2016

KMC Fire Emergency Services supports Fire Prevention Week 2016

Courtesy of KMC Fire Emergency Services

KMC Fire Emergency Services will kick off Fire Prevention Week with a parade at 9 a.m. Oct. 8 through Ramstein housing. The day will continue with the Fire Department open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fire Station 1, Bldg. 2303, on the Ramstein flightline. There will be free food, live fire and vehicle extrication demonstrations, fire truck displays from KMC FES and surrounding local fire departments, activities for kids, door prizes and much, much more.

September 29, 2016 ×

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Firefighters and base leadership demonstrate extinguishing an aircraft fire Oct. 8 on Ramstein. As part of Fire Prevention Week, families visited Fire Station 1 to learn about fire safety including home-fire safety issues, fire extinguisher training and holiday safety tips. The event concluded with a live fire demonstration where leadership from throughout Ramstein helped firefighters extinguish a simulated aircraft fire in the burn pit.

Open house promotes Fire Prevention Week

Photos by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg

Firefighters and base leadership demonstrate extinguishing an aircraft fire Oct. 8 on Ramstein. As part of Fire Prevention Week, families visited Fire Station 1 to learn about fire safety including home-fire safety issues, fire extinguisher training and holiday safety tips. The event concluded with a live fire demonstration where leadership from throughout Ramstein helped firefighters extinguish a simulated aircraft fire in the burn pit.

October 15, 2015 ×

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Master Sgt. Mark Goenen, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron KMC Fire Emergency Services, shows children how to properly use a fire extinguisher 
Oct. 8 on Ramstein. As part of Fire Prevention Week, families visited Fire Station 1 to learn about fire safety including home-fire safety issues, fire extinguisher training and holiday safety tips.

86th CES opens house, informs KMC

Story and photo by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Families from throughout the KMC gathered at Fire Station 1 Oct. 8 on Ramstein to attend an open house.

October 15, 2015 ×

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KMC Fire Emergency Services: Hear the beep where you sleep

by Master Sgt. Mark Goenen 86th Civil Engineer Squadron

Working smoke alarms can make a lifesaving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign: “Hear the beep where you sleep.”

October 1, 2015 ×

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Staff Sgt. Gregory Ullman, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron fire prevention inspector, teaches students about the different parts of a fire truck.

Fire dog sparks interest in fire prevention

Photos by Airman 1st Class Holly Mansfield
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Members of the KMC participated in Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6 to 11. Sparky the fire dog and KMC firefighters visited Department of Defense Dependents Schools elementary schools to teach this year’s theme of preventing kitchen fires. Participants were given home fire-prevention checklists and other materials on how to check […]

October 17, 2013 ×

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Michael StuartBrig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente (left), 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th AW command chief, sign the 2013 Fire Prevention Week Proclamation Oct. 4 on Ramstein. This year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week is to stress the dangers of kitchen fires.

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October 10, 2013 ×

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Putting the heat on kitchen fires

by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz

How many times have you started dinner and ran upstairs to do a load of laundry or darted out of the kitchen to take a phone call — all while leaving your pots and pans to cook on a hot stove unattended?
Klaus Kueppers, fire protection inspector and acting assistant chief for the garrison’s Fire Prevention program, said these simple scenarios are all too common in many kitchens.

October 3, 2013 ×

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Take time in October for fire prevention

by Master Sgt. Paul A. Luevano
86th Civil Engineer Squadron

The KMC fire and emergency services will be out and about Sunday through Oct. 12 to focus on the 2013 Fire Prevention Week theme to prevent kitchen fires.

October 3, 2013 ×