Fire Fighting Training System (FFTS)

rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) training systems. The modular/fixed structural FFTS consists of a three story trainer which replicates bedroom, kitchen, living room, and storage/office fires. It also includes flash-over simulations, and incorporates (as training aids) a passive stand-pipe/sprinkler system and a replaceable cut-away roof section to allow firefighters to vent the FFTS structure. The mobile structural FFTS is a transportable, self-contained (i.e. with built-in propane and power sources), two floor version of the modular/fixed structural FFTS. The ARFF trainer is a transportable, self-contained (i.e. with built-in propane and power sources), aircraft mockup (42 ft. long by 10 ft. wide) with a reconfigurable wing (for fixed or rotary configurations). It replicates a cockpit fire, an overheated battery (smoke only), and incorporates a cut-away pilot rescue door as a training aid. The ARFF trainer also includes an exterior, rectangular fuel spill fire simulation to impede pilot rescue. All FFTS configurations incorporate extensive safety features and safeguards to activate system shutdown in case of unsafe propane and temperature levels in the burn rooms, or personnel emergencies. All mobile FFTS have the capability to be connected to fixed propane and electrical sources. FY96, FY98, FY99, FY01, and FY02 funding was provided by Congress to procure FFTS for the following US Army military installations: Ft. Monmouth, NJ, Ft. Belvoir, VA, FT. Rucker, AL, Ft. Lewis, WA, Ft. Wainwright, AK, Ansbach, Germany, Ft. Bragg, NC, Ft. Bliss, TX, White Sands Missile Range, NM, Camp Humpries, Korea, Hunter Army Air Field, GA, Ft. Drum, NY, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ, Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Polk, LA, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, Ft. Carson, CO, Ft. Gordon, GA, Tooele Army Depot, UT, Scholfield Barracks, HI, Ft. Dix, NJ, and Kwajalien, ATOLL. The first modular/fixed structural FFTS was fielded at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, on 30 Oct 97. The first ARFF was fielded at Ft. Belvoir, VA, on 6 Mar 98. The first mobile structural FFTS was fielded at Ft. Lewis, WA, on 26 Jun 98.