{"id":45227,"date":"2026-08-27T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=45227"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:34:47","slug":"aircraft-rescue-fire-fighting-training-class-in-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/45227-aircraft-rescue-fire-fighting-training-class-in-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft Rescue &#038; Fire Fighting Training Class Held In Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On August 17, the Effingham Fire Department hosted an introductory Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) class at the Effingham Police Department.\u00a0 More than 50 first responders attended the training, which provided a basic overview of aircraft familiarization, aircraft emergencies, scene safety, and considerations for first responders during an aircraft incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fire Department Officials thanked instructors Chris Collins and Ron Bushwitz for sharing their knowledge and experience with area responders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Attendees represented the Effingham Fire Department, Shumway Fire Department, Watson Fire Protection District , Vincennes Township Fire Department, and the Effingham County Airport Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Officials also thanked the Effingham Police Department for the use of their training room and to everyone who participated.\u00a0 Training together helps ensure that local agencies are better prepared when an emergency occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45239 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire3-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire3-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire3-640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45240 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire2-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire2-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airfire2-640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 17, the Effingham Fire Department hosted an introductory Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) class at the Effingham Police Department.\u00a0 More than 50 first responders attended the training, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aircraft Rescue &amp; 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