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Aircraft Services Educational Facility Fire Test Scores An A
By Michael Corby Fri, October 01, 2010 10:08 am EDT
In the Oct. 7 fire protection system test at Florida State College at Jacksonville's Aircraft Services Educational Facility, the largest system of its kind in the USA, what we expected to see was thousands of square feet of hangar space suddenly covered to a depth of three feet of foam that exploded out of 36 strategically placed foam generators. What we actually saw--more than a six-foot-deep sea of foam overflowing onto the tarmac-- exceeded the expectations of Project Manager Ed Rock of Florida State College at Jacksonville and Senior Project Manager Jamison Chattin, of Dana B. Kenyon Co., the builder of the ASEF. And quite necessary to keep workers and property safe in the event of a fuel spill or fire in the 76,000 + sq. ft. facility at Florida State College at Jacksonville's Cecil Center South.
About the AuthorMichael Corby is a writer, editor and media relations coordinator at Florida State College at Jacksonville, his employer since 1995. He contributed an ongoing series of career articles to a local publication (which won a “Best-Bang-for-the-Buck” award), and has provided in-house support for countless marketing and public relations projects. His knowledge of and connections with the faculty and staff at the College enable him to provide rapid response to media inquiries, even to the extent of setting up early morning live TV interviews while on vacation in another part of the country. Corby has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, a college with such rigorous academic standards that he still can’t believe he got in—or that he got out.
