For Immediate Release

March 14, 2018

Contact:

Reese McCranie                                                          Andrew Gobeil 
Director of Policy and Communications                      Deputy Director Policy and Communications

(404) 886-2334                                                            (404) 227-2884                                            

reese.mccranie@atl.com                                               andy.gobeil@atl.com

Media Advisory

Atlanta Fire Rescue Department to Simulate and Extinguish Plane Fire 
Training exercise is part of annual certification for Airport rescue firefighters

WHO:             Atlanta Fire Rescue Department and firefighters

WHAT:           Live burn training exercises for Atlanta Fire Rescue and firefighter personnel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 

WHEN:           8 a.m.- noon Thursday, March 15, 2018

            
            WHERE:         Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Atlanta Fire Training Center
            860 Lake Mirror Drive

College Park, GA 30354

(This event is closed to the media)
           

NOTES:          Please advise readers/viewers that this is strictly a TRAINING EXERCISE.

As a result of this drill, heavy dark smoke may be visible from nearby roads and interstates. This smoke may prompt a high volume of phone calls from motorists and residents.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is the world’s busiest and most efficient airport, serving nearly 104 million passengers annually with nonstop service to more than 150 U.S. destinations and 70 international destinations in more than 50 countries. ATL boasts a direct economic impact of $34.8 billion in metro Atlanta and a total direct economic impact of $70.9 billion in Georgia. The Airport is the largest employer in Georgia, with more than 63,000 individuals working on-site. The Airport is a frequent recipient of awards of excellence for concessions, operations, sustainability, architectural engineering and construction. In 2016, ATL set in motion a multibillion-dollar capital improvement program, ATLNext, which will modernize the Domestic Terminal, extend two concourses, construct several parking decks, add a sixth runway, expand cargo facilities and pave the way for a 440-room InterContinental Hotel with Class A office space. For more information, visit www.atl.com.

NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS

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