ARFF

FVTC’s specialized airport firefighting center is attracting participants from around the world. Fox Valley Technical College’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Training Center continues to draw firefighters from around the world. This summer, firefighters from Costa Rica joined a growing list of international participants coming to Appleton for specialized airport emergency response training. The firefighters

Appleton International Airport leads multi-agency emergency exercise Fox Valley Technical College recently served as the training site for a large-scale emergency drill that simulated a passenger plane crash. The drill was led by Appleton International Airport (ATW) which must execute drills like this every three years as mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The exercise

Collaboration to provide critical training for airport first responders Fox Valley Technical College, in partnership with Appleton International Airport, dedicated its Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Training Center (ARFF) today to provide training for airport first responders. ARFF offers firefighting training involving airport ground emergencies and can recreate any scenario encountered on an airfield to provide real-world

Fall 2020 ATW ARFF Training Center prepares firefighters to take on airport emergencies.   If you live in the Fox Cities, you’ve probably seen occasional black smoke coming from the direction of the Appleton International Airport (ATW).  That’s nothing to be alarmed about; it’s a sign of the live training scenarios taking place at the

Spring 2020 ATW ARFF Training Center prepares firefighters to take on airport emergencies.   The latest partnership between FVTC and the Appleton International Airport (ATW) brings the first facility of its kind to Wisconsin. The ATW ARFF (Airport Rescue and Firefighting) Training Center will open in spring of 2020, providing required training in a specialized