Battling the Blaze

A Patrick AFB Fire Department P-19 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle sprays Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) onto a burning fuel tanker truck Sept. 15 on Florida State Route 1 in Satellite Beach, Fla., supporting conventional firefighting forces in battling the blaze. The department responded as part of its mutual aid agreement at the request of Brevard County Fire Rescue, also providing a P-26 5,000-gallon water tanker and a safety officer for a total of four personnel, said Fire Chief Mark Palm, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron. No injuries were reported. (Courtesy photo/Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY)

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Battling the Blaze

A Patrick AFB Fire Department P-19 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle sprays Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) onto a burning fuel tanker truck Sept. 15 on Florida State Route 1 in Satellite Beach, Fla., supporting conventional firefighting forces in battling the blaze. The department responded as part of its mutual aid agreement at the request of Brevard County Fire Rescue, also providing a P-26 5,000-gallon water tanker and a safety officer for a total of four personnel, said Fire Chief Mark Palm, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron. No injuries were reported. (Courtesy photo/Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY)

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Patrick firefighters battle tanker blaze

Published Aug. 26, 2011
By Eric Brian
45th Space Wing Public Affairs

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. -- Firefighting personnel from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., aided community firefighting agencies to battle a blaze to a burning fuel truck tanker Aug. 15 here.

An 8,500-gallon gasoline tanker truck was southbound on Florida State Route A1A when it crashed into a pole on the west side of the highway near Shearwater Drive and the trailer caught fire.

The Patrick AFB Fire Department dispatched a P-19 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle, a P-26 5,000-gallon water tanker and a safety officer, for a total of four personnel, to aid in fighting the fire, said Fire Chief Mark Palm, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron.

"The department responded as part of its mutual aid agreement at the request of Brevard County Fire Rescue," said Chief Palm.

The P-19 sprayed Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) onto the burning fuel tanker truck. AFFF is used primarily for fighting aircraft fires.

The accident and fire forced police to close the road for eight hours. No injuries were
reported.

Battling the Blaze

Battling the Blaze