2026-09-22 - Airport Authority

00:01you know,

00:02>> we're good to go.

00:03>> Okay. Well, as I was saying to some of

00:05you, we have a very packed agenda, but I

00:08think we can skip through a lot of it

00:09quickly. Um, first of all, let me thank

00:14all of you for being here. And then

00:15we've got and Holly and Jason. We've got

00:18the authority members and we've got Neil

00:20accompanying our speaker Olden. And you

00:24know, all of you know that it's uh

00:27I've got a lump in mouth. I'm going to

00:29say it.

00:30>> Um it's Mike's last authority meeting.

00:33Um and so in just a minute I will say a

00:36few words to Mike um from all of us. And

00:40let me just say um because we have

00:42another big new agenda item and update

00:44from city manager's office about the

00:47surge that's going to take time that we

00:49thought we had before. So we're going to

00:51have to be really lean when it comes to

00:52reporting.

00:54Um but once I've said a few things to

00:58Mike, I would like to suggest that if

01:00you want to actually individually give

01:02your good wishes to Mike about

01:04retirement, etc., Mike's going to be in

01:07his office after the meeting. I have a

01:09meeting with him about 5:00, but I think

01:11it would be better if you then, you

01:12know, individually go and and give him

01:15your good wishes in his office off the

01:17record because this is a public meeting.

01:19So, let's do that and then I think, you

01:21know, we can move on from there. Um

01:24Sunny can't be here. Sunny is um laid up

01:28with IV antibiotics and so let's just

01:30hope things work out for Sunny. But um

01:34Jessica's coming later, the the former

01:37TA manager, she's on way from Atlanta.

01:40So welcome everybody and shall we get

01:42started? Okay. Deon is so busy he's

01:46living with sleep.

01:49All right. So

01:52you

01:54I'm speaking as authority chair. I'm

01:56also speaking on behalf of myself but

01:58all of the members and everybody here.

02:00>> Thank you.

02:01>> And I just want to wish you from all of

02:03us all the very best. You know lots of

02:07adventures in the past more to come.

02:10>> Um I hope you know when you leave that

02:12you're going to look back and say well

02:14god operated in the black nearly all the

02:16time.

02:18taxiways, runways, localizer. Look how

02:22many things and how many people you've

02:24worked with. And those are your legacy,

02:26Mike. So, I hope you'll take those away

02:29with you with some pride and

02:30satisfaction.

02:32>> Hey, come in.

02:34>> I started my speech and you

02:39>> Hey, you want to come and sit here?

02:42>> [snorts]

02:42>> But you know we we all I think would

02:44like you to you know you and Regina to

02:46look forward

02:48>> quality of life and adventures.

02:50>> Yeah.

02:51>> And so we you know we wish you all the

02:53best on that. Um, and

02:56>> this isn't something very big and it

02:59won't fill up much of your car, but we

03:02from the authority wanted to just give

03:04you a few little thoughts um to take

03:08away with you in uh the place where you

03:11worked.

03:12>> It's nice. I love it.

03:13>> And I want you to know it took me about

03:15five trips to actually get a picture

03:17like that without a car in [laughter]

03:18it,

03:20a white Toyota or a van or something.

03:22and then we all sign it for you.

03:24>> Thanks.

03:25>> So, um you know, we'll be thinking about

03:28you and you know, I really hope that you

03:30you have some adventures

03:37as best as we can.

03:39>> Oh, you all you all will do fine. You

03:42will. It's it's

03:44>> it's in good hands. It really is.

03:47>> Yeah.

03:48no matter who they get or whatever

03:49happens. Um, Davin and Russ, they know

03:52what they're doing.

03:53>> Yeah, they're busy.

03:56>> And Abraham too in the tower.

03:57>> Yeah.

03:59>> So,

04:01>> um, as I said, if you know when we all

04:03go over with Olden, I'll go as well and

04:06then maybe if anybody wants to shake

04:08your hand and, you know, talk with you,

04:10but I think it's better one-on-one off

04:13that.

04:14So the other thing is that I guess only

04:17two days ago there was a message that

04:19Davin forwarded to me um from Ilka that

04:23they had had a meeting about the search

04:26and and the process the time and so I

04:30guess Mike you and Russ

04:33and Devon you know want to give us an

04:35update. Deon did you have a chance to to

04:38make a handout? Yeah,

04:39>> there it is.

04:40>> David to actually take the dates out of

04:42the the email and um

04:45>> and I asked David to go ahead and report

04:47on that.

04:48>> Yeah. Okay. Because I think everybody's

04:50wondering about how long this is going

04:52to go on, how quickly, how this, how

04:54that

04:55>> while it's being passed. If I could say

04:57we had that meeting and basically what

04:59it was is just handing things off to um

05:02to David and Russ from my list of things

05:05and then this this isn't part of it.

05:08>> Yeah. Okay.

05:10So Davin, you and Russ, uh, you want to

05:12talk about the timeline?

05:14>> Yeah. So, I mean, we met with IL on

05:16Tuesday, and so, um, the position is

05:20open till, um, the 27th of this month,

05:24and then, uh, early October,

05:27candidates will be selected and

05:29interviewed. And then, um, uh, then late

05:33October, mid November, they'll select a

05:35finalist. And so they hope to have

05:38someone on board by um mid December. So

05:42you got that um uh schedule in front of

05:45you. And

05:48so Ela said I think we've had 12

05:52[snorts] candidates thus far. So I said

05:54good candidates.

05:56>> So that's later than everybody was

05:58thinking it was going to be.

06:00>> Looks like it's going to take a little

06:01bit more time for this.

06:02>> Yeah. Yeah.

06:04but quicker than I've ever seen them

06:06work on getting somebody. [laughter]

06:08>> Yeah.

06:09>> So, there's there's that. Yeah.

06:11>> So, in the meantime, you two are going

06:14to be actually holding down the fort,

06:17>> but with Mike also finishing up things.

06:20>> So,

06:20>> which they've been doing for a good

06:22year, maybe longer, because

06:25>> you know, I've I've taken some time off

06:28and some of it's been on purpose, you

06:30know, to see how they've done. And you

06:31know, once I see they could do it, I

06:33take more time off. [laughter]

06:37>> Russ, anything to add?

06:39>> No. Um,

06:41you know, I say bye at the beginning if

06:44everything goes out.

06:46We'll see how that goes. Yeah, because

06:49December, everybody goes nuts in

06:50December with Christmas, you know, and

06:52so I think realistically we have to say

06:55the first time we are going to actually

06:57perhaps meet a new director is going to

07:00be in January or the January meeting.

07:05So rather know than not know. There's no

07:07point in thinking it's going to be next

07:09month, but it's not. But we have plenty

07:11to do.

07:14And let me just remind you in terms of

07:16the list of presentations

07:18Russ has confirmed we're going to have

07:20olden today next month tour with Russ.

07:24Remember we we put it off because it was

07:26100°

07:29>> and so you know next month it should be

07:31a little bit more civilized and we'll

07:34we'll look forward to it. And then

07:35actually Devon and I have already

07:37started working on the next topic and

07:39that is the quarry.

07:41um and actually to to get a

07:43representative or whoever from the flory

07:46to come and talk to us about that's

07:49right up there in our neighborhood and

07:50it has implications you know for the

07:53airport um and an interesting history

07:56and interesting things to come because

07:57now they've extended it their their

08:01operations there

08:04that'll be interesting and then actually

08:06for the rest of you you know if you have

08:08other topics please let you send send

08:11the idea to me so we can start mulling

08:13them all over you know and building them

08:15in because there is January and February

08:18and March onwards you know any of you

08:22know okay all right

08:26we going to see oh yeah back to the

08:29routine stuff the minutes

08:33did you have a chance to look at the

08:34minutes

08:39all rush at once Um

08:44any changes, corrections? I think you

08:48know dad's mostly got it down to a fine

08:50art and then we do a little bit of

08:53editing together.

08:55Well, I will entertain a motion if you

08:57like to approve them. Keith

09:01[clears throat]

09:01>> second.

09:02>> Okay.

09:07All in favor of approving them say I.

09:10>> Okay. Against

09:13extensions. No. Okay. Thank you. See,

09:16we'll we'll cut through all this.

09:18[laughter]

09:20>> Hey, no.

09:21>> All right. I'll hurry.

09:23>> Last round

09:24>> of minutes, not minutes.

09:26>> Reports.

09:27>> Okay.

09:27>> First of all, thank you everybody for

09:29this. I appreciate that. Well, you you

09:31can read messages later, you know, but

09:34they're from the heart.

09:35>> Thank you very much.

09:38>> Well, let's get started on the financial

09:39report. Um, it's looking good. August,

09:43um, it was a hot month, very hot. Um,

09:46general aviation not flying a lot, but

09:49we did have some good corporate um,

09:51sales.

09:53We, um, we didn't have, uh, any football

09:57season yet that started. um through

10:01football season. So, uh, this month

10:04you're going to see some pretty good

10:05numbers, I think, um, for September,

10:08but, uh, we did come out ahead 43,000,

10:12almost 44,000. And, um, so we're still

10:16in a in a good spot as far as year to

10:18date about 74,000.

10:20And, uh, with the, uh, football season

10:23approaching and started already, you'll

10:26see some good numbers coming up in

10:28September and October and November. Uh

10:31and then even further because they don't

10:33have basketball and um you know all the

10:36all the other sports that fly.

10:38So I'm really happy u that we're doing

10:41well right now. Um nothing really out of

10:44the ordinary on the financials. Any any

10:47questions

10:49>> you usually

10:52the new budget was also as usual was

10:54just flat each

10:56revenue.

10:58If you have you have got football

10:59season, it's going to automatically

11:01>> be faded.

11:02>> Yeah, it's spikes.

11:05>> And then it does, you know, then the

11:06budget does kind of look crazy, you

11:08know, with that. But it's hard to tell,

11:10you know, like say take Texas versus

11:12some of these other teams that we played

11:14so far this this year. I mean, that

11:16there's no comparison. Oklahoma, I don't

11:18think, well, who's talking to Russ isn't

11:20going to compare to Texas. I think Texas

11:22was was the game that we saw that just

11:24blew everything out of the water. Nobody

11:26had seen anything like that before and

11:29we might not ever see that again. Um, if

11:31you think about all the years we've been

11:33doing football seasons, you know, Texas,

11:35that was crazy. That was a crazy time.

11:37But, um, but anyway, Oklahoma, we talked

11:40about this and I'll have Russ talk about

11:42it in the operation side. But, um, that

11:44should turned out to be a really good

11:46weekend for everybody. And I will say

11:48this, and I'll try to hurry, but um,

11:50when I planned my retirement, I told

11:52Russ I had no idea Oklahoma was that

11:54Saturday. Um because usually I work it,

11:57you know, drive a van or something and

11:59and I just said, "Okay, well, you know,

12:02that's a good time to stop because of

12:03the payroll." And then I figured Friday,

12:06but then he said, "Do you know

12:07Saturday's Oklahoma?" And I said, "No, I

12:09forgot." [laughter]

12:11So I apologize, man. I apologize. But um

12:14all right, moving on. Uh marketing and

12:16outreach activities. Anything on on that

12:18front?

12:19>> Uh we had the Oer Lifelong Learning

12:21Group come so had about 35 participants

12:24in that. They always ask excellent

12:26questions. And then we've got um Ames

12:29Iowa, the chamber from Ames, Iowa, is

12:32flying in tomorrow and they'll be here

12:35in Athens through Friday. And so they're

12:38going to be using the um commercial

12:41terminal both uh tomorrow when they fly

12:44in and then Friday when they fly out. So

12:47>> good to have them in.

12:48>> So why are they coming? Uh so they're

12:51you know uh the chamber will do these

12:54sort of reciprocal visits back and

12:56forth.

12:56>> Okay.

12:56>> So um like the Athens

12:59>> that's right that's exactly right. So

13:01the Athens chamber went to Tuscaloosa a

13:03while back and I think

13:04>> to Gainesville, Florida I think recently

13:07>> and um so anyway so this is just Ames

13:09coming here and Columbia, Missouri had

13:11come here before as well. So, it's just

13:14an opportunity to get to to see a

13:16similar community um and what are they

13:20doing well and to learn from them. So,

13:23>> that's really beneficial.

13:25>> Uh cattle improvement projects. Uh we've

13:27got apron project design underway. Grant

13:32>> and um and then our ARF truck contract.

13:36Um mayor hasn't signed that yet. It was

13:38delayed. uh our attorney saw it uh

13:41reviewed it and there was some missing

13:43signatures from a witness on uh on the

13:46bonds. So we had to send that back to

13:48him. We just got it yesterday and um so

13:51I'm making some final touches on that

13:53and then Davin's going to get it back to

13:55the attorney tomorrow and uh we should

13:58be good to go on that once the mayor

14:00signs it. Um

14:03and then uh I'll talk about ALP and then

14:05I'll have Russ talk about operations.

14:06So, the ALP um we uh we had a scoping

14:10meeting with Jim De Gay on September 9th

14:14and that was kind of a kickoff and uh

14:17and uh and so that's uh that's that's

14:21moving along really well

14:24and Russ and Davin know exactly where it

14:26stands and where to move from here. Uh

14:29then Russ, if you could talk about the

14:31game a little bit,

14:33preparation for

14:34>> uh yeah, preparation for this weekend.

14:36We actually going to go really large on

14:39staff Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

14:42because it's Lindy. Since it's going to

14:44be 3:30 kickoff, we're going to get

14:46them. A whole lot of our business is

14:48going to take place from Friday

14:53and then big man rush

14:56seven hours from

14:59Saturday.

15:01But it's going to be all hands on.

15:04We in the past have done light Friday,

15:07Saturday and all hands on Saturdays, but

15:10now we're seeing that

15:13just as busy as it is on Saturdays

15:16getting just as busy on Fridays and

15:18especially Sundays.

15:20So going to go pretty hard on that. I've

15:22got backup orders

15:2621,000

15:28no 23,000 gallons of jet fuel pumps are

15:34high

15:368,000 additional

15:39gear not counting our fuel

15:42so we're looking to sell off

15:47yeah probably we'll have a couple in

15:49brown stops I'm assuming

15:52I don't know if we'll have one Friday.

15:54It's quite possible. I know we're going

15:56to

15:58at least

16:00Saturday, possibly by noon

16:04or depends on how the business looks on

16:07Friday.

16:09And then

16:12yeah, we've got we've got uh

16:15got not we're going to be issuing

16:19with the FAA to break down the size of

16:21the aircraft

16:23back to helping us to do an older way

16:26that we used to. So we'll minimize the

16:28size of aircraft that come in as well as

16:32we can just kind of do small

16:34cancellation

16:37everything

16:40get the smaller aircraft even can't get

16:41so you don't have a thousand we can't

16:45get

16:48>> so you anticipate having to turn away

16:5470 yeah unfortunately

16:58It's just

17:00all the aircraft, all the was telling

17:02Mike about someone who was trying to get

17:04a spot

17:06couple of weeks ago. He was he was

17:08giving me a little hard time about it

17:11and I said, "Well, I went through the

17:15whole spit out,

17:17sir."

17:19But I said, "The problem is when people

17:21are still flying to the games above the

17:23aircraft are getting much larger.

17:26Because the guy who I was speaking with,

17:28he flies a Challenger 2000 fair.

17:32He used to fly a King or 200, which is a

17:35significantly smaller aircraft. So, he

17:38was a perfect example of why we're

17:40running out of parking spaces so quickly

17:42because these aircraft are getting much

17:43larger.

17:45No one's flying. Well, people are still

17:47flying themselves in smaller aircraft,

17:50but most of the your random guy

17:55who flew

17:58and such down away from their

18:01easier.

18:04Like I said, folks who got smaller air

18:07traffic

18:10we can to accommodate. We're shutting

18:11down runway 220. We'll be shutting that

18:13down early on Friday

18:16anticipation. We cleared off what we're

18:19in the process of clearing off the west

18:22side and the east side parking area. We

18:24aircraft to a grassy area there. We get

18:28free free of asphalt. We've got on our

18:3280s rest. We can we [snorts] can we can

18:36put quite a few aircraft over there, but

18:37we have to watch out

18:40because the gasol is so old and just

18:43won't get down. Yeah, we just put some

18:46turbo props over there instead of jets

18:48jets

18:50could could be an issue over time.

18:55Small rooms there.

18:59Abraham and his the tower to stay till

19:02open till 11.

19:03>> Yeah. But how does this

19:06>> uh

19:07request was for 10 p.m.

19:09>> 10 p.m. Okay. I sent that up to um up

19:13and sub to

19:15follow.

19:16>> That should be plenty. It should it

19:18should be fine though. Um we're going to

19:20have full staff there as well. Starting

19:22Friday have three. We have um Saturday

19:27all five of us up there.

19:29are going to be here from getgo.

19:32>> So, we're gonna have everybody.

19:35>> We appreciate

19:37>> and Atlanta's also aware of Boston drop

19:40style trying to get away. The only issue

19:43that we have is

19:46they're just a drop and go.

19:47>> Yeah.

19:48>> But don't drop and don't go, they drop

19:51and don't go.

19:52>> Yeah, that's happened many times. We

19:54don't know exactly what you guys want us

19:59to do with them.

19:59>> I want to not

20:00>> if it's full, it's just not

20:02>> we we we fall victim to that every time.

20:07>> And we still and I say no, right?

20:10>> But we'll end up doing it. We'll still

20:13>> And Russ and I have been in good

20:14communications this past week about what

20:17we're planning on doing because once

20:19it's full and someone tells me a

20:21dropping bill, Yeah. I don't I don't

20:23really believe that. No, I don't.

20:27>> I've confronted it many times.

20:29>> So, this remains a major need for

20:34it's very

20:37and I'll be honest with you, once once

20:39we get more parking, we need more

20:42parking.

20:43Yeah.

20:51show some progress.

20:54>> Yeah. Oh, no. See some progress.

20:57>> Yeah.

21:01>> That's all.

21:03>> All right. Any questions,

21:05comments?

21:07Keith,

21:09>> David.

21:13>> Yes.

21:14Right.

21:16Well, where do we go from here? If

21:20that's all for the reports, um, there is

21:23no update from the vacin corridor group.

21:26No meeting again, but I'm, you know, I'm

21:29hoping in October things will pick up

21:31again. September is still

21:34the crews are doing their construction

21:36and stuff's going ahead, but there's no

21:38big update. So, we can get through that

21:40quickly, you see. Okay. Um, and no

21:43report on new business, but there's

21:45going to be plenty of new business, I

21:46think, in in the upcoming months.

21:49So, Keith, it's over to you on the

21:52annual report update.

21:53>> Yeah, just for members, everybody

21:56approved the the last round of review of

21:59the uh annual report. This is for fiscal

22:01year 2025.

22:03>> Uh, and so we've, uh, we're sending it

22:06up. Uh, Davon's working with that. We're

22:08looking at 500 copies, hard copies of

22:11it, which you know, we'll plan to fully

22:13distribute

22:15out since it's a good communication

22:17mechanism

22:20for so far so good.

22:23>> Time for us to work on fiscal year 26

22:26with the board. So, right now,

22:32any questions?

22:36So we used to have a list a distribution

22:39list you know do do we have an idea we

22:40didn't really talk about that in the

22:42last meeting but you know who are we

22:44looking at to get the annual report

22:49go ahead I may have it from a folder

22:52right now what the we give it to the

22:54chamber we we uh we do hand it out when

22:57um and there's a lot of things that go

22:59on like the chamber thing going on you

23:01know there's a lot of things that happen

23:02on the airport we have a big old stack

23:04of it and handed out

23:06and then also to the to the mayor and

23:08commission

23:09>> and then u and then when I have managers

23:12meetings with the directors I pass it

23:14out.

23:14>> So it goes out to a lot of folks and

23:17then and then of course you all have

23:21historically taken some and used it you

23:23know when you guys go talk or visit you

23:26know on behalf of the airport.

23:28>> So do you think 500's enough?

23:30>> I don't think so.

23:32You can.

23:35>> All right. Well,

23:35>> and let me just say a quick

23:37>> not thanks to Keith because he really

23:40>> took this on and and got it done. So,

23:43I'm I'm very grateful for that. So,

23:45>> dogged determination.

23:47>> Eric was good to work with.

23:50>> Yeah, he was a big help.

23:51>> You know what we need is some art. We

23:53need some art in this thing. You

23:55knowbody who's an artist?

24:00Hey, come water.

24:02[laughter]

24:03>> Maybe the next one.

24:04>> Yeah, that would be great. Be worth

24:06something then [laughter]

24:10>> and you can sell one.

24:13>> All right. Well, thank you, Keith. Yeah,

24:15as soon as you're ready, we'll start on

24:17the next one.

24:18>> Let me also say, too, that we we

24:20probably should take a look at the fact

24:22sheet as well. We do need to update that

24:25>> because it it does have Mike's name on

24:27it. So, we'll need to, you know, wait

24:29till we have a new director and then

24:30Yeah.

24:31>> And take a look at that. But that needs

24:32to be on the

24:33>> Yeah.

24:34>> There's a number of tasks like that that

24:36are going to be just waiting in limbo,

24:38>> but then we need to be ready and in the

24:40meantime, you know, we have planning and

24:42thinking to do.

24:45>> December come quick.

24:47>> Yeah, it will. All right. Operating

24:51you saw something. I didn't. No, I mean

24:53I'm as always, you know, we're keeping

24:55track of all the different things that

24:56come through the planning department. I

24:57saw a couple things I thought, well,

24:58maybe, but not really.

25:00>> So, nothing new to report there and I

25:02don't have anything new to report on the

25:04behind the scenes stuff with the control

25:06tower either.

25:07>> I was going to bring it up, but I

25:07figured

25:08>> Well, I mean, I think it's going to be

25:10quiet on the political side till the

25:11elections are.

25:12>> Yeah. And I think it's a waste of our

25:13time to even expect otherwise.

25:16>> So,

25:16>> yeah,

25:17>> it's all quiet.

25:19>> Okay. Okay.

25:22>> I don't No, I just had your tower

25:24macked, but I I figured you'd do it

25:25here.

25:28>> Although I noticed that I saw some

25:29pictures of the new tower going up to a

25:31room.

25:32>> Yeah. Yeah.

25:33>> They're getting a nice new tower.

25:34>> Are they?

25:35>> Yeah.

25:42>> Interesting.

25:42>> Does it look like the concept of what

25:44we're supposed to do?

25:45>> No, it it looked like more of a

25:47standard.

25:47>> Okay.

25:49I'm wondering if that was just gone by

25:51the right side.

25:55>> Yeah.

25:59>> Everybody saw there was quite a jump.

26:02>> Yeah.

26:04>> A lot of stuff.

26:05>> Yeah. Interesting.

26:07>> Yes. Yeah.

26:11>> Well, we're cut out for him. We get a

26:14new director. we need to sit down and

26:15talk with him about what is him or her,

26:18you know, what the agenda or the desires

26:21are and how he or he can work with that

26:25person. But right now, we're still in

26:27limbo and it's going to go into

26:28December. So,

26:32so,

26:33believe it or not, look at that. See

26:36that?

26:37>> We did.

26:38>> Yeah,

26:39>> we did better than we thought.

26:40>> I can take up more time.

26:41>> Yeah, you got four hours. Hey, I'm

26:43filling in good. I got a scale on the

26:46table of the pass.

26:48>> Keith, can I ask you just to do the

26:50notes? I think it's good power.

26:55>> So, uh, my name is Alvin Grant. This is

26:57Neil Phelps. And we're both firefighters

26:59here. Um, firefighting and aviation are

27:02two things that I'm pretty passionate

27:04about. So, I appreciate you all letting

27:05me talk about a little bit. We're going

27:08to do a brief overview of what we do.

27:10I'll kind of dive into the more

27:11technical side of it. Uh, I trimmed out

27:13a lot of it, but when the FAA is

27:15involved, there's always technical stuff

27:17as you all know. So, we'll kind of do

27:19big picture, small picture, and then if

27:21you have any questions, uh, just keep

27:23them in mind because we're going to be

27:24heading down to the firehouse afterwards

27:26and I'll be more than happy to answer

27:27them there and then Neil can also give

27:29them to you. So, before you get started,

27:32>> yeah, you were talking about the color

27:33of the fire trucks. I actually pulled up

27:35the You'd be amazed how specific the FA

27:37is about. I mean they've got like very I

27:40mean it's like in detailed and different

27:42numbering systems for the colors. I mean

27:44it's ridiculous.

27:44>> Yeah.

27:45>> And I'm a retired FA program.

27:47>> Okay.

27:49>> Yeah.

27:51>> You know I thought it should be red in

27:53my you know

27:54>> but I can see why they can

27:57specifically.

28:00>> Yeah. when we were specking out our new

28:02truck. I'll make this briefly. But we

28:03ran into that problems a lot like things

28:05we want and what we're allowed to have.

28:08>> Yeah.

28:08>> But yeah, if y'all have any questions,

28:10save me from down there and I'll try to

28:12go through it and hopefully y'all can

28:13learn something and go from there. Uh,

28:15next slide, please. So, these are our

28:17core functions. Uh, some of these things

28:18are more common things you could imagine

28:20that firefighters would do and then

28:21other ones are a little more different.

28:23Um, we got our fire and EMS, emergency

28:25response side, that's a given. our

28:27training readiness and regulatory

28:29compliance. All the fun FAA stuff we

28:31already talked about. Part 139 carrier

28:33operations. That's a big one here. A lot

28:35of our revenues from that. Non-emergency

28:37airport ops. Uh that's a lot of various

28:39stuff that we'll go into. And then

28:41station airport support and

28:43miscellaneous functions.

28:46So I would be remiss if I didn't give

28:48you all a little bit of a background on

28:50our heritage. A lot of men and women did

28:52hard work to get us where we are today.

28:54Uh so in the early days there was no

28:56dedicated air uh aircraft fire rescue.

28:58Crashes relied on simple extinguishers

29:00or local departments. Uh in 1937 Chief

29:03Smith developed one of the first fire

29:05apparatus designed specifically for

29:07aircraft fires. That was a big uh

29:09turning point in in our world. And then

29:11ironically uh in 1937 the same year uh

29:15Ben died following an engine failure

29:17crash on takeoff at Athens airport.

29:20>> Yeah. So then that propels us into World

29:22War II. Uh wartime aviation growth led

29:25to specialized aircraft, trucks, and

29:27crews known as crash fire rescue. You

29:29might have heard that term before. And

29:31then into the modern era is modern ARF.

29:34And that's as aviation evolved, crash

29:36crash rescue became aircraft rescue and

29:39firefighting. ARF, you'll hear me say

29:41that a lot. So that's what we're

29:42referring to. Uh emphasizing

29:44purpose-built apparatus for speed, rapid

29:46fire attacks. Um, and of course with the

29:48FAA 139 governing uh all of our training

29:52equipment top to bottom. So there's a

29:55little bit of the background on it.

29:58Here's a brief overview of our truck. I

30:00won't spend much time on it because you

30:01all get a chance for hands-on and

30:03demonstration. There's a lot of

30:04information about this truck I could go

30:06into, but the biggest thing is it is a

30:08Rosenbower. We got four-wheel drive.

30:10It's a 1500 because we got 1500 gallons

30:13of water, 250 gallons of foam. Our high

30:16uh GPM is 750. So y'all do some quick

30:19math on that. We can pump that truck dry

30:20in two minutes. Um if we need to

30:23conserve water, we can go to the lower

30:24side of the GPM. Uh we got our dry

30:27chemical. We have under truck nozzles,

30:29which I can talk a little more that at

30:30the station. And then uh it's a big

30:33truck. It's 36,000 lbs loaded. So a lot

30:36of that is water, of course, but you'll

30:37see on the truck, everything from the

30:39bumper to the back is packed with

30:40equipment. So all right. So um from an

30:44outsider's perspective, you'd ask why do

30:46we have so much of our resources to

30:48aircraft firefighting at an airport,

30:50right? Planes fly everywhere. Uh well,

30:52you kind of look at the three critical

30:54phase of the flight. It's called the

30:5651010. So the most critical and

30:59dangerous parts of flying are the first

31:00five minutes, non-cruising under 10,000,

31:03and then the last 10 minutes. So if you

31:05put all those statistics together, 90%

31:07of aircraft accidents happen within

31:09these three phases or near an airplane.

31:11So that's why we emphasize so much to

31:13the uh to the airport. So

31:17um so this is the big one and obviously

31:19our emergency side of things. So from

31:23the beginning of a uh emergency will

31:25work with the tower and they'll dispatch

31:27us to the crash site and that could be

31:29anything from a crash to an inflight

31:31emergency. Uh it always varies depends

31:33on what the aircraft is, what's going

31:35on. we'll get on scene and we'll do our

31:38scene size up and then of course we'll

31:40request resources like uh any type of

31:43emergency response you don't get the

31:45resources you don't ask for. So when

31:47we're on site in those first few minutes

31:49we're trying to analyze everything as

31:50quickly as we can and get the county's

31:53resources coming to us. Um life safety

31:56is the first priority. Uh that does not

31:58change from structural firefighting to

32:00ARF our life safety is always the top.

32:03Uh how we go about that is a little bit

32:05different. We are trying to create an

32:07evacuation route and knock down the

32:10fire. Sometimes those go uh

32:11interchangeably, but our biggest thing

32:13is to get people off of that aircraft as

32:15quick as possible. Um so fire

32:18suppression, we'll do that

32:19simultaneously if we can and then we'll

32:21create the evacuation

32:24however that needs to be done. Uh and

32:26then of course extrication, we have

32:28extrication tools on the truck that we

32:30can use if need be. And then uh this is

32:32a big one, coordinate uh the expanding

32:34response. So we have a lot of resources

32:37coming in to help us on an emergency and

32:40how we work with the unified command and

32:43all of our pre-planning is really

32:44important to that. Uh over here is a

32:47picture of when we went to South

32:49Carolina for our live fire training.

32:51I'll touch on that here in a little bit,

32:52but um that is actually us training. So

32:55the biggest takeaway from that is for

32:57ARP, every second matters. Rapid

32:59response can mean the difference between

33:01a successful evacuation and tragedy. So

33:03those first three minutes or so, five

33:05minutes are really important to us. Next

33:08slide. So incident command and

33:10coordinated response. ARC provides the

33:12initial leadership during an aircraft

33:14emergency. We assess the conditions and

33:17direct the response. We serve as an

33:19aviation expert. We advise responders on

33:21aircraft, airfield access, and hazards.

33:24Uh access, surprisingly, is one of the

33:26tougher things that we have. is trying

33:28to get people who've never been to an

33:30airport into our airport, get them on

33:32here quickly, put them to work doing

33:33what they're supposed to do. All those

33:35things happen really quickly. Um, so we

33:37provide that crossover. Um, as resources

33:40arrive, we transition into a multi-

33:42agency through the airport emergency

33:44plan and unified command. And we'll talk

33:46a little bit more about the uh ADP. Some

33:48of y'all might have read that term

33:50before. Next slide, please. I got this

33:53picture in here uh to show you all just

33:55how many people can be uh involved in a

33:57small incident. This was a belly lane

33:59that we had a while back. Nothing really

34:01too serious. A smaller aircraft. But if

34:03you look at the picture, we've got

34:05feeding, we've got three uh ACC fire

34:08apparatus, and we have ARF and ops. And

34:11just one small incident like this gets a

34:13lot of working parts going. So incident

34:15command and control is really important

34:17for us. Next slide.

34:21All right. And then so EMS and match

34:23casualty response. Airport firefighters

34:25are EMT certified. We provide immediate

34:28medical assessment and care. We when

34:30we're on a scene, we'll triage and

34:32prioritize patients. Uh triage is

34:35basically just sorting uh the patient

34:37based off their greatest needs and where

34:38they need to go. And then we'll provide

34:41care for air aircraft specific injuries

34:43and hazards. One of the more common

34:44injuries that you'll see with aircraft

34:46incidents is smoke inhilation of course.

34:49And then there's chemical pneumonia,

34:51which is not a commonly talked about

34:53form of it, but that can happen when

34:55breathing in jet fuel. So, like I say,

34:57the biggest takeaway is speed. Uh these

35:00pictures below here are from when we did

35:02our 2024 full scale response drill. We

35:06I'll talk more on that later, but it was

35:07a really big uh to-do and we had a lot

35:10of stuff going on, but these are uh

35:12pictures from that drill and it was very

35:14very beneficial for everybody. So, next

35:17slide.

35:20So we are nationally registered

35:22certified. Uh that uh involves 40 hours

35:25of continued education every two years.

35:29We study on airway, respiratory, cardio,

35:32trauma, medical and then EMS operations.

35:36So being ARP and EMT certified allows us

35:38to flow back and forth from those

35:40different jobs. So it could be something

35:42simple that's medical uh here to where

35:44we can respond to that, but it also

35:46could be both. So, it allows us to do

35:47both.

35:49>> We have our R1 med bed med bed med bed

35:50med bed med bed med bed med bed med bed

35:50med bed med bed med bag bag and y'all

35:51are welcome to if that something you're

35:53interested we can show you that on the

35:54truck and then we also have our AED on

35:56there as well.

35:58>> Next slide. All right, the less exciting

36:02side of the job but is training and

36:05regulatory compliance. So, part 139

36:08readiness extends beyond the equipment

36:10of course. It requires an ARC program

36:12that is continuously trained, documented

36:14and prepared to respond. So, firefighter

36:17training and qualifications, of course,

36:18there's a lot of initial qualifications

36:20that you have to have, and then there's

36:22ongoing ones that involve a live fire

36:24medical. Um, and then we have compliance

36:28for the truck and our equipment. So, we

36:30have our vehicle, our PPE, which is our

36:33breathing apparatuses. You all have seen

36:35those before, I'm sure. And making sure

36:37that all those are proven to work and

36:39documented. Uh, proven, of course. And

36:42then, like all things, all FAA

36:44inspectable records. So we have to have

36:46all of that done and in a way to where

36:48the inspector actually likes seeing like

36:51likes seeing it differently. So it's

36:53doing the training and then making

36:55proven that you did it. So emergency

36:57planning and preparedness, this is a big

36:59one for us as well is the airport

37:01emergency plan review. We do that

37:03annually and that's a multi- agency

37:05coordination that involves drills and

37:07training. Uh there's a lot of folks that

37:09are involved in that. I got a slide on

37:12that here in a bit too.

37:14Yeah, this is our we did a cutin

37:16training over here a while back and we

37:18always try to take pictures of training

37:20just to show the inspectors that you

37:22know we're doing it. It looks good for

37:24them too. So, next slide.

37:28So, FAA part 139 training requirements

37:30overview. So, I said we got our initial

37:32which is a firefighter one and two

37:35airport firefighter. You have your arc

37:37driver operator and then of course

37:39there's multiple hazmat certifications

37:41that we maintain. That's a big thing

37:43because there the aircraft itself has a

37:45lot of hazard you know stored in the

37:47wings and then if you get a cargo flight

37:49that is carrying hazmat that's big as

37:50well. So this is a big one here and I

37:53got a slide for it. Recurrent training

37:55completed within every 12 uh consecutive

37:57calendar months that's just a fancy way

37:59of saying that we have set training for

38:01every month and we have to comply with

38:03it. If we miss one of those trainings,

38:06like say for instance, we can't do the

38:07live fire, Neil and I are not able and

38:10all the other firefighters are not able

38:11to take charter operations. That's

38:13really important. So, we have to keep up

38:15on that schedule and make sure that

38:16we're meeting it. Otherwise, those

38:18aircraft cannot come in. Uh the live

38:20fire training is required every 12

38:22months. Also, there's a picture of it

38:23here and I got a video coming up for it.

38:25But that is probably one of the more

38:27exciting uh trainings that we get to do.

38:29You get to work with the propane or jet

38:31fuel depending on the facility. But uh

38:34in short, ARA maintains dual training

38:36compliance with FAA requirements and

38:39Georgia state firefighting standards. So

38:40we have to submit all that training to

38:42the state as well. So the state is a

38:45little bit lesser involved, but they

38:47have their fingers instead of course

38:48too.

38:50>> Uh next slide.

38:59>> County facility. They've got several arc

39:02burn pits. The cool thing about their

39:04facility is this truck is very similar

39:07to the truck we have now and they also

39:09have a truck similar to the one we're

39:10going to get. So, moving forward, we'll

39:12actually be able to use what we know and

39:15it crosses over. So, this is a mock

39:18aircraft here and they'll pump propane

39:20up through the water and then we'll

39:21practice with water uh extinguishing it.

39:24We don't have a facility where we can

39:26use foam yet, but they're they're

39:27working on that. So,

39:30uh, next slide. So, this is that matrix

39:33I was telling you all about the

39:34different trainings that we have to do.

39:35I won't go into too much detail on them,

39:38but just some of the stuff that we're

39:39we're training on is use of nozzles and

39:42turrets. U, adapting structural

39:44equipment to ARF. That's a really big

39:45one. I told you all about the mutual aid

39:48resources that we have from the county.

39:50They have structural stuff. That's what

39:51they do. It's our job to cross that over

39:54and show them, hey, this is how you can

39:56use a ladder on an aircraft aircraft

39:58emergency and vice versa. So, a lot of

40:01that is just really bridging the gap.

40:04Um,

40:05yeah, those are kind of the highlights

40:06of the different training. Next slide.

40:10All right, here's a fun one. So, this is

40:12the airport emergency plan. So, I'll

40:14I'll briefly tell y'all what it is and

40:16what's all involved, but it defines who

40:18responds, agency roles, communication,

40:21and coordination during major airports.

40:23It's basically a pre-planned document

40:25that gives everybody a little bit of a

40:27heads up before something bad happens.

40:29It covers aircraft accidents, fires,

40:31hazmat, bomb threats, security,

40:33hijacking, natural disasters, and many

40:35more. Um the big takeaway is the FAA

40:39requires the AP to review it annually

40:41annually and we conduct it with fire,

40:43EMS, law enforcement, the tower and then

40:46specialized agencies like this most

40:48recent one we did was with UG's bomb

40:50squad. Uh we're currently revamping the

40:54entire section of the bombs uh bomb

40:56threat procedure and so that was pretty

40:58involved and that'll be something that

41:00we slowly work on and

41:03um yes last year we did the bomb threat.

41:05The year before that we did the

41:07helicopter crash that was with Georgia

41:09State Patrol. They brought over one of

41:11their birds and did a demonstration for

41:13folks who aren't around helicopters as

41:15much and very beneficial. And then of

41:17course our big one that we did in 2024,

41:20we had over a hundred people involved in

41:22that one. Uh we had multiple tabletops

41:25leading up to the exercise to make sure

41:27everything worked correctly. Uh is very

41:29big to do. Uh something we don't do all

41:31the time for that reason. I'll show you

41:33a few pictures of that here coming up.

41:35Next slide. So this was the tabletop

41:38that we had just many folks involved

41:40giving them idea of what to do. Next

41:42slide.

41:44Next slide. So, here's kind of a big

41:47takeaway picture. We, as much as we

41:49would love to have an aircraft to

41:51simulate, uh, you know, for trainings,

41:53we purchased a bus, which was pretty

41:54good. We're able to retrofit it. It's

41:57similar to what we need, we're uh, got

42:00to put some wings on it here one of

42:01these days. Call our [clears throat]

42:03magic school bus.

42:05In the meantime, this is what we have.

42:07And so, we're uh, we're kind of working

42:09on it here and there, but it worked out

42:11well. And we had the county, they

42:14they've been really good with us. They

42:15sent over a lot of their resources. We

42:17national sent over a lot. Piedmont, St.

42:20Mary's, everybody was involved on it and

42:22it gave everybody a good picture, not

42:24only of what the airport looks like, but

42:25how they can help and pre-planning.

42:28That's what it's all about. So, it's

42:30fun.

42:32So, here's a few more pictures. This was

42:34the mutual aid response that we had for

42:36that drill.

42:38I If y'all have more questions about

42:39that scenario, too, we can talk about it

42:41down there. But we tried to get everyone

42:44involved so they had something to do.

42:46Next slide. And then this was the bomb

42:49bear one that I talked with y'all about.

42:51Um yeah, we're going to do another

42:53training with them here in a while.

42:55They're going to try to they're going to

42:56bring out their robot and we're going to

42:58practice if they can get up our stairs

43:00so that they can know if we need to get

43:01it on board a larger aircraft, what

43:03angle they can climb. U really just give

43:06them a chance to know what they're doing

43:08as well. So next slide.

43:11All right. So, part 139 compliance is

43:14more than owning an AR truck. The truck,

43:16it systems, extinguishing agents, and

43:18personnel must function together as an

43:20independently deployable response

43:22capability. That's the biggest thing of

43:24it is having the equipment is one thing,

43:26but making sure it works according to

43:28what's best for the customer and the

43:30FAA.

43:33Slide. So the operational readiness side

43:37is ARC capability must remain

43:39operational and immediately deployable.

43:41Personnel apparatus and extinguishing

43:43agents are kept ready through

43:44inspection, testing and maintenance. And

43:46if you all get bored and can't fall

43:48asleep one night, you can look up 319

43:50317 and it tells you all the compliance

43:52stuff that we have for the truck. And

43:56this right here is a big one for us.

43:58It's the FAA response standard which is

44:01three minutes. So, I'll talk a little

44:03more about that when we get to the

44:04charter side, but when we have an FAA

44:06compliant charter operation, the

44:08regulation says that we have to be on

44:11scene with agent discharged during our

44:13freezes. So, right back to everything's

44:16about speed. They test us on that every

44:18year. They check to make sure that the

44:20truck can discharge the agent properly.

44:22Our secondary agents, uh, all that

44:24stuff, they'll pick a random spot out on

44:26the runway, um, and then we'll we'll

44:28respond from there.

44:30So it verifies real world response

44:34capability. That's really what it comes

44:35down to. Next slide. So this here is a

44:40big one that we have to do. It's shows

44:42that our truck can pump the water at its

44:45upper and lower tolerances. So we have

44:48750 gpm, but it says we can only go so

44:51much above or so much below. Then we

44:53compare that to the foam ratio that's

44:56required to pump and make sure that we

44:57have that foam that comes out at just

44:59the right consistency for a fire. Next

45:02slide.

45:04Um requiring that level of maintenance

45:07takes a lot of upkeep as you can imagine

45:09or that level of response. So we go

45:12through the truck every day and we make

45:13sure that it's got all the equipment on

45:15it and it's all operational and that's

45:17everything down to a crash axe to

45:20different couplings. We go through that

45:22every day and make sure that's good to

45:23go.

45:25Then we have our weekly truck checkout.

45:27That's a lot more stuff that's even

45:29covered, but it's everything all the way

45:30down to our handheld camps. We make sure

45:33that that's all ready to go. Even though

45:35we might not fight a fire every day, we

45:36have to have a truck ready if you do.

45:40Next slide.

45:43So, this was during RFP response drill

45:45that I was telling you all about.

45:47They'll pick a spot here out in the

45:49middle somewhere. They'll put up a cone

45:52and we have to get water on that cone in

45:54that three minutes. Uh, as you'll see,

45:56Purple K not demonstrated. I talked a

45:58little bit about that last time, but we

46:01do the best we can to keep the truck

46:02running. Sometimes it doesn't.

46:04Fortunately, we had agent out in time

46:06and that was sufficient. But the purple

46:08K did not work. So, we went back and

46:10fixed it and they were able to pass us a

46:12paint. But it it takes a lot to have all

46:15this equipment work exactly when you

46:17need it. So, next slide.

46:20Speaking of work, um, our, uh, apparatus

46:24maintenance and repairs are performed

46:25inhouse by our, uh, personnel and

46:28airport maintenance. So, we we do a lot

46:30of the repairs when they come up and as

46:32needed. Neil and I have a good

46:33mechanical background, so we're able to

46:35fix a lot of stuff in house. Um,

46:38unfortunately, the county, they like

46:40working on their structure trucks, so

46:42they don't lend us much help in this

46:44world.

46:45>> Nothing good or bad on that. That's just

46:47the truth. it. So, we uh buy the parts

46:51from Rosenbower when we can get them. A

46:53lot of the parts that we have are not

46:55being made anymore. The truck's in '05.

46:57So, just again another reason why we

46:59need a new truck. Like, I'll show you

47:01all down there. But the pedal that we

47:03have for pumping and rolling is they

47:06don't make it anymore. And so, we're

47:07having a heck of a time trying to find

47:09it. And if that pedal just stops

47:10working, then the whole operation shuts

47:12down. We can't take charters. It's a big

47:14deal. So, there's lots of little stuff

47:16like that.

47:17Um, but yeah, maintenance helps us out a

47:20lot. And just getting an EV tech in, you

47:23know, just having them come on site

47:24because we can't haul a truck there. I

47:26mean, you can, it's expensive, but just

47:28getting them as a service call can be

47:30thousands of dollars. So, we try to fix

47:32what we can. So, next slide. All right.

47:36Here's the big one. 139 carrier

47:38operation. So personnel, apparatus, and

47:41agents are ready 15 minutes before and

47:4415 minutes after qualifying charter. So

47:47that's uh charters that have at least 31

47:50seats and one person that paid to be on

47:52that flight. That's kind of the way the

47:53FAA qualifies us needing to be here. Um

47:57the charters operate early, late, and on

47:59short notice. We've been talking about

48:00the Oklahoma game coming up. You just

48:03kind of available whenever the team gets

48:05here and they're ready to go. This last

48:07weekend when the uh dogs went to

48:08Arkansas, they were supposed to come in

48:11at 6:30. It was uh noon or three o'clock

48:14game. Uh we didn't get out of here till

48:1611:30 that night. So, it you got to be

48:19ready for whatever happens and um all

48:22around the clock. So, that's kind of the

48:24big thing of it. And then, of course, uh

48:26depending on what's going on, we can

48:28provide baggage handling and then

48:30passenger and bus coordination if

48:32needed. And then in short, AR provides

48:35both the required emergency response

48:37capability and support that helps make

48:39the charter operations possible.

48:43Uh I want to talk on this just briefly,

48:46but uh as far as pursuing commercial

48:48service, the existing arc capability,

48:50the personnel, the apparatus, the

48:52training and response capabilities

48:54needed for future scheduled service are

48:56already active and maintained. We we

48:59upkeep all this stuff. It's a lot easier

49:01to maintain what you have and rebuild

49:02from the ground up.

49:05So, we we try to keep everything tip top

49:07ready going whenever that happens.

49:10>> Sure.

49:12>> All right. The very much lesser side of

49:15of the job. So,

49:16>> we appreciate very much.

49:17>> Yes. Yes. So, um yeah, y'all could kind

49:20of got to see the uh the ARF side of

49:22stuff and the parts that you can

49:24imagine, but we do we do help out with

49:25the airport with a lot of other stuff as

49:27well. The biggest one is the wildlife

49:29hazard management plan. That's another

49:31uh living document as they say that the

49:34FAA uh looks over and make sure that's

49:37compliant. We keep up on that. And then

49:40also we oversee the SWIP program, storm

49:42water pollution mentioned and then our

49:45industrial storm water. So I will go

49:48through this one pretty quickly because

49:50I you know next slide.

49:53All right. So the wildlife safety

49:55program, it's also a part of uh 139. It

49:58identifies, monitors and reduces the

50:00wildlife hazard to aircraft.

50:03Um, airport fire implements, monitors,

50:05updates, and documents the wildl

50:14checks, dispersal, and hazard response.

50:17Uh, that's a fancy way of saying that

50:18birds are over the runway or whatever it

50:20is, we can fire off bangers and

50:22screamers and try to get them to go

50:23away, but it's really just trying to get

50:25them out of the area. We wildlife

50:28monitor activity, locations, and then

50:30attractants. We're looking for what's

50:32bringing those wildlife in.

50:35Looking for smaller critters or deer

50:36looking to graze, whatever it may be.

50:38We're trying to eliminate that. Uh

50:41wildlife strike reporting, that's what

50:43these little pictures are over here. So,

50:46um the FAA and the federal government

50:49likes to keep records of what planes are

50:51hitting what type of critter, and then

50:53they put that in a database to see what

50:55the trends are around the country, and

50:57they keep it all on file. And so really

51:00what they want is when an aircraft hits

51:01a a bird, it's called snarge and those

51:04are little remnants of the bird and

51:06we'll box it up and send it to the

51:08Smithsonian and they uh like looking at

51:11the decomposed parts of that bird. So,

51:14we have a little storage kit and yeah,

51:16it's it's super flavorous, but I that

51:20job might actually be worse than

51:21compliance, but uh anyway, so we'll

51:23we'll send that off and they check it

51:25out and then we'll of course submit the

51:27strike report to the FAA. We do that,

51:30but also the pilots can submit their own

51:32strike reports. And so that in short,

51:34there's a lot more technical sides of

51:36that, but that's kind of the the big

51:37part of it. Next slide. And then the

51:41WHMP. So we work with the US uh DA and

51:45uh we all do we do wildlife

51:46coordination. So we coordinate and

51:49attend training with the USDA. We

51:51maintain uh geese, turkey and bear uh

51:54depradation permits. So we'll coordinate

51:57with them and like for instance this

51:59last month the new charter season was

52:00coming up. So we made sure that they

52:02came out and they did um in shore hunt

52:04make sure that a lot of the critters

52:06that could be dangerous or incoming

52:09planes they control that. Um so that's a

52:13big part of it. It's a as you can

52:15imagine a small aircraft hitting a deer

52:17at night dangerous in a car. So it's

52:20something that's really important.

52:22uh we'll evaluate what's working or not

52:25working and then we'll update the WHMP

52:27accordingly if they're changing the

52:29policies or documenting what we did.

52:33Yeah. So the continuous process of

52:35identifying hazards, managing wildlife

52:37and then looking at the results

52:40and then the SWIP side of stuff. So uh

52:43SWIP identifies pollution sources,

52:46drainage uh areas and outfall controls.

52:48Some of y'all might know a little bit

52:49about this from just city planning type

52:51stuff, but it's maintained under

52:53Georgia's industrial storm water permit,

52:55which we of course keep current. Uh we

52:57do our quarterly inspection and

52:59monitoring. The um EPA and EPD have

53:02gradually gotten a lot more strict about

53:05what they want tested for, how much they

53:07want, the location. So, it is growing a

53:10lot. Even in the um years that I've been

53:12here, um the cooler that we collect and

53:14the water, it used to be about four jugs

53:17like there. And now we have a cooler

53:19about this big that we overnight to

53:20Atlanta and they look at their labs. So

53:23it is good. I mean it's very important.

53:24You know there's people not far from

53:26here that have well water. So it is

53:28something we take very serious. Uh and

53:31really it's just looking for pollutants

53:33and contaminations.

53:35So we'll send it off to the lab. We'll

53:36get the lab uh result back. We'll make

53:39sure that they're in compliance with the

53:41standards of our permit and then we will

53:44upload it to the uh EPA's website kind

53:47of translating it to the metrics that

53:49they want to see. So yeah, a lot of just

53:52one technical side but it is important

53:55of course. So next slide. These are

53:58stuffs that we test on all nasty stuff

54:00considering too high quantities and

54:02water of course. Uh next slide. [snorts]

54:06All right. And then something might not

54:08notice us think about it as much, but we

54:10do kind of oversee basic security type

54:12of stuff here. So when we get VIPs or

54:15politicians or whatever, we're usually

54:17the liaison or coordinator with the

54:21Secret Service. Uh so we'll for uh like

54:24trying to think when

54:27somebody came in, we had to do a hazmat

54:29response plan, pre-planning. So we made

54:31sure that all the hydrants had adequate

54:33flow for a mass decon and letting their

54:36dogs in to the different facilities to

54:38check it out and then of course

54:40providing art for the aircraft itself.

54:43Um and then even when um it was um yeah

54:47it was another I don't remember which

54:48one it was but for instance they came

54:50back in at like 2 in the morning and we

54:52waited by the gate to make sure that the

54:54whole convoy could get in to the

54:56aircraft. So, it's just filling whatever

54:57need uh they need, but it's uh something

55:00that's not quite as common with our type

55:02of stuff. But, um and then station

55:05facility uh station and facility

55:07support. So, we maintain the firehouse.

55:09We do try to do a lot of repairs in

55:11house there as well. Um we perform

55:14coordinate uh yeah, we got that maintain

55:16our foam and dry chemical and ARF agent

55:19supplies. We've got our primary foam

55:21that we keep. We have to have a certain

55:23amount of it on hand in the station. And

55:25then as well as our dry chemical that we

55:27also have to have and we have nitrogen

55:29bottles that the truck uses to shoot

55:31that chemical and the FAA of course they

55:33have regulations on how it's all stored

55:35in the interals. So we make sure that's

55:37compliant as well. Next slide. Um

55:40airport fire safety system. So we

55:42inspect all the extinguishers, AEDs and

55:44sprinkler systems. We make sure that the

55:47uh monthlies and annuals are up on all

55:49the various extinguishers.

55:52um hazmat and storage we got on that and

55:55then um yeah a little more fun side of

55:58stuff is that we do firehouse tours.

56:00It's always fun to see the kid little

56:02kids come in and they like the truck and

56:05um it is really a lot of fun. You can

56:06see they make a big big deal out of it.

56:08They got their mascot over here and

56:11they're all really good kids. But we are

56:13we're doing a lot more tours in the last

56:15year. It's averaging sometimes once or

56:18twice a month if not more. But I think

56:21the word kind of got out in some of the

56:22homeschooling groups and the different

56:24areas that we're here. So we do a lot of

56:26those. And then uh we oversee the tenant

56:29airfield driving driver training. So if

56:32um you know somebody leases a new

56:34hanger, we make sure that they get the

56:35gate card that they need that they have

56:37the training and then of course the FAA

56:39has us keep all that on file. So we

56:42coordinate that side of it. And then we

56:44also make sure the gates are working at

56:46different times. We just had to upgrade

56:48our memory banks for the two gates. That

56:50was a pretty big thing. So, make sure

56:52all those are working. Next slide.

56:55And then the big one, um, UG charter and

56:58gate day support. So, we provide ARF

57:00coverage for that. And of course, when

57:02you've got 300 and some aircraft coming

57:04in over a short window, the probability

57:06of an incident goes up. So, we we're

57:08here for that, but we also help with

57:09passenger shuttle when need be. And then

57:12um our standby and first aid is needed.

57:14So this these pictures were from the

57:17Texas game and there's just a lot going

57:19on. So let me provide help to everyone

57:20keep them there.

57:23>> All right. So in summary, ARC provides

57:26specialized aircraft emergency response

57:28capability. That capability depends on

57:31continuous training equipment and

57:34readiness maintenance and regulatory

57:35compliance. In addition to emergency

57:38response, airport fire supports daily

57:40airport safety operations and essential

57:42programs. So we do a lot of the common

57:44and less common stuff. And then we have

57:47our part 139 ARF capability which

57:50supports current charter operation that

57:52provides an established foundation for

57:54uh future commercial service. Together

57:57these responsibilities support the safe

57:59and compliant effective operation of the

58:01airport.

58:03I appreciate y'all's time. I know

58:04there's a lot there.

58:06Tried to trend it down a lot even. But

58:08if y'all have other questions of course.

58:12That's quite overwhelming.

58:14>> A lot of stuff.

58:15>> Yeah.

58:16>> Well, before questions. Thank you very

58:19much.

58:22>> I'll just shoot. Well, because you were

58:24in good tongue.

58:25>> Yeah.

58:26>> I mean, how do you coordinate with the

58:28I've never understood how you are

58:30separate to the firefighters in county.

58:33>> Yeah.

58:34>> Was that issue that you had to buy your

58:36own uniforms at one time?

58:38>> Yeah. It's uh kind of without getting

58:41too far into thinking uh into all of it.

58:45It in some ways it works pretty good. It

58:46allows us the autonomy to uh work how we

58:49like to get too much approval, but um we

58:53coordinate together pretty well. They

58:54they have a interest in learning

58:56aviation and we need their help. So it

58:59it works well.

59:01>> The good thing is they are on their pay

59:03scale

59:04>> which is good.

59:05>> Yes.

59:05>> Okay. And so that's about the only thing

59:07I guess that

59:08>> in the benefits.

59:09>> In the benefits. Yeah.

59:10>> The benefits. Yeah. So they are on that

59:13part of it. But as far as like you said

59:15the other it's all I mean it's all under

59:17airport. So

59:18>> you have your own budget separate to

59:20theirs.

59:21>> Yeah. It's a it's a strange thing but

59:23very [laughter] I was telling them I got

59:26my RF at city of Atlanta about years

59:28ago. They're the exact same way. their

59:31their airport has a fire chief,

59:33assistant chief, uh deputy chief, all

59:36that. They're completely separate from

59:38uh Atlanta Fire, even though they're

59:40they're called Atlanta Fire.

59:43>> So,

59:43>> but then you get together when there's a

59:45need when you call them.

59:46>> Yes. Yeah. I think that's the case with

59:49all firefighters, you know, county to

59:51county or whatever. There's a need,

59:52everybody's on board. So being honest, I

59:54mean, have you ever run into a situation

59:56where you've given up like a turf battle

59:58where there's conflict as to well, you

1:00:01know, who's whose job is this or who's

1:00:03responsible? Yeah, I mean I wouldn't say

1:00:05as much ego-driven conflict, but there

1:00:07is um yeah, there there's there's a need

1:00:10to make sure everybody knows their role

1:00:12and that's partially why we try to get

1:00:13together so much because sometimes

1:00:15they've never even seen an aircraft

1:00:17before and they're showing up in an

1:00:19engine, which you know, you can do some

1:00:21on on an aircraft fire with an engine,

1:00:23but it's a different animal for sure.

1:00:25>> Yeah.

1:00:25>> I think that's why they they tend to

1:00:27stay in their lane because they don't

1:00:28know anything about this side of it. So,

1:00:31they're more willing to listen.

1:00:33um in that situation.

1:00:35Okay.

1:00:36>> But you've actually got three, haven't

1:00:37you? Because you've got UG.

1:00:40Where do they fit in? They're not city

1:00:42and they're not.

1:00:43>> Oh, yeah. So, they provide support for

1:00:44on the law enforcement side. So, they

1:00:46do. Yeah. So, anything uh bomb threat

1:00:49related UG and they provide for the

1:00:51county as well.

1:00:52>> Okay.

1:00:52>> Yeah. So, for fireside, it's just us and

1:00:55the community.

1:00:56>> Okay.

1:00:56>> Yes.

1:00:57>> Any other questions? Because we need to

1:00:59close off the meeting and then we can

1:01:01continue. Would you I'm just just

1:01:03curious uh is there any risk uh with the

1:01:06airport that kind of concerns you most

1:01:09in particular in regard to the emergency

1:01:12issues, fire

1:01:15or do you think everything is so well

1:01:17covered or heard you say there's

1:01:19something that the uh

1:01:23there is and if something hits the

1:01:24truck?

1:01:25>> Yeah,

1:01:25>> the truck that's kind of we've done a

1:01:28lot of work to make that happen.

1:01:30>> We just working on it yesterday. Yeah,

1:01:32it

1:01:32>> I wouldn't say it keeps me up at night,

1:01:34but there's times where I'm by a three.

1:01:37>> Yeah, really four years old.

1:01:40>> 25. Yeah, when you have the vice

1:01:42president come in and you know like

1:01:44they're looking through your stuff and I

1:01:46mean every life's important. Nobody not

1:01:47saying that, but you got to make sure

1:01:49it's working all the time. That's

1:01:50something that kind of

1:01:52>> We're really blessed that we have two

1:01:54really good mechanics, too, that can

1:01:55work. I don't know where we'd be if we

1:01:57didn't have that, right? I mean,

1:01:59>> it'd be it'd be bad. Yeah, he broke

1:02:01>> Rosen buyer, like you said, they they're

1:02:02having a really really really hard time

1:02:04finding parts for it. The last the the

1:02:06driver side door window opener had had

1:02:09broke and it took what a month and a

1:02:12half and we still had to modify it to

1:02:15get it to even fit on our truck. They

1:02:16don't even make it the same way anymore.

1:02:17And that's just a window.

1:02:19>> So,

1:02:19>> so it's just you got to live through

1:02:22that for what at least two years till

1:02:24the new truck

1:02:24>> roughly. Yeah. 18 months I guess like

1:02:27that. When the when the when the vice

1:02:29president came in that day, I cranked

1:02:30the truck four times and make sure it's

1:02:32operation four times.

1:02:34>> That's how that's how unsure we are that

1:02:36whether it's going to operate or not.

1:02:38>> You're afraid to operate it too much.

1:02:42>> Every time you crank it up, it's like,

1:02:44"All right, that's that's step one."

1:02:46>> We can't get this new one fast enough.

1:02:48Really, we can't.

1:02:48>> So, when you have to stay all hours of

1:02:50the night, like you said, do you get

1:02:51paid overtime?

1:02:52>> Uh, it depends. Yeah. Like for instance,

1:02:55he's going to be here most of the

1:02:56weekend. Um, so he took off part of

1:02:58today, but it when we get in the peak of

1:03:01charter season, it sometimes officers

1:03:03not there. I mean, you got a charter

1:03:04that, you know, the following night,

1:03:06it's like you got to be there either

1:03:07way. And then of course, all the other

1:03:08stuff has to get done during the day.

1:03:10So,

1:03:11>> and we do have a third one that was

1:03:12approved, you know, so we have a third

1:03:14position.

1:03:15>> Yes.

1:03:17Yes. Yes.

1:03:20>> And that was the reason because they're

1:03:21spread so thin.

1:03:23>> Any other questions?

1:03:27It's just overwhelming. I mean, you

1:03:29know, people don't know how many aspects

1:03:31to the job there are, you know.

1:03:35>> Yeah. When I ask I say, "Can you do um

1:03:38can you do wildlife out there?" Sure.

1:03:40What about uh SWE? Can you do SWE? Sure.

1:03:43>> It's been a learning curve. They they

1:03:45don't teach you that stuff in fire.

1:03:46>> Yeah. They do a great job.

1:03:48>> Well, all the more really appreciate you

1:03:51coming both of you.

1:03:52>> Thank you. you know, and sharing with

1:03:54us.

1:03:56We need to learn these sorts of things.

1:03:57We don't have to be in the dark about

1:03:59them. Think, well, you guys down there,

1:04:00you got a truck and that's enough.

1:04:03>> As you can tell, we don't mind talking

1:04:04about

1:04:05>> Well, really do appreciate it.

1:04:08>> Well, why don't we close the meeting and

1:04:10then we can tr down to the firehouse.

1:04:13So, I need a motion to to close the

1:04:16meeting. And Keith says yes and Max

1:04:18says. So, all in favor,

1:04:22right?

1:04:23>> Well, thank you both for coming, even

1:04:25you on your day off.

1:04:27>> Yes. [laughter]

1:04:28>> And we'll walk down there with you.

1:04:32>> Yeah.

1:04:35>> And then we'll have a look see and ask

1:04:38more questions.

1:04:43>> So, Mike, I'll see you back. I won't be

1:04:45long.

1:04:45>> Okay, that sounds good. I'll be here.