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Vol. 66 No. 34
October 21, 2016

Fire Prevention Week turns up heat!

By Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum

99th Air Base Wing Public A airs Jason Martinez, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight re ghter, stands in the mock shell of an aircraft while performing
controlled burn training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 6. The Nellis-Creech Fire Department hosted events throughout Fire Prevention
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Week to educate and bring awareness to the importance of re safety.
Fire Prevention Week was held from
Oct. 9 to 15. is year’s campaign, “Don’t
Wait – Check the Date! Replace Smoke
Alarms Every 10 Years,” represented the

nal of a three-year e ort to educate the
public about essential elements of smoke
alarm safety. e Nellis-Creech Fire De-
partment hosted events throughout the
week to educate and bring awareness to
the importance of re safety.

“This year Nellis and Creech Air
Force Bases began our events for Fire
Prevention Week by participating in the
National Night Out at the Nellis Hous-
ing Community Center,” said Norman
Harp, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron re
inspector.

“ e Air Force is really good at mak-
ing sure we don’t have re incidents on
base and the biggest reason is because
of our fire prevention program,” said
Tech Sgt. Justin King, 99th CES NCO-
in-charge of logistics.

“ e outreach is so big in the com-
munity that we were able to get out there
and give the right information on how to
prevent res.”
___________ See NCFD, on page 3

USAFWS scheduler’s award-winning expertise is ‘backbone’ of school

By Susan Garcia the back of the aircra hangar. Geist is hard to miss. He towers over the operations at the U.S Air Force Weapons
“Goose!” he shouts. “I am so happy people around him at a height of 6 feet School help keep the school running
U.S. Air Force Weapons School 5 inches. At the moment, though, Geist smoothly and recently earned him the
you’re the man in charge of scheduling seems less imposing than usual. His long Air Combat Command Civilian Pro-
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.— here at the school. You are the backbone beard rests on his chest as he dips his gram Specialist of the Year Award.
e new squadron commander pauses in of this place. I look forward to working crew cut–crested head. His cheeks glow
the delivery of his speech at the change- with you again.” red at the sudden attention. Managing flight operations at the
of-command ceremony. He searches the ______ See EXPERTISE, on page 3
crowd until he nds a person standing in All heads turn toward the man the Geist’s e orts as the chief of ight
commander called “Goose.” Timothy

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