SLIDE SHOW: BGFD conducts annual FAA fire training at airport
Published 8:56 pm Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighter Brian Donnelly unravels the firehose and gets into position as he and a group of firefighters practice dousing an airplane fire and rescue plane crash victims during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters Brian Donnelly (left) and Shane O’Banion (right) work to douse an airplane fire as a group of other firefighters rescue faux plane crash victims during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department engineer Nick Atkins relaxes in the cockpit of a training jet as he pretends to be a pilot involved in a plane crash and in need of rescue during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises at the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters tend to engineer Nick Atkins (center) as he pretends to be a pilot involved in a plane crash during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters Jerry Adams and Dane Parsley carry a stretcher alongside members of the Air Evacuation Lifeteam as they practice tending to victims of a pretend plane crash during the Bowling Green Fire Department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to rescue faux plane crash victims and douse an airplane fire during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters Brian Donnelly (left) and Shane O’Banion (right) work to douse an airplane fire as a group of other firefighters rescue faux plane crash victims during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Members of the Bowling Green Fire Department light a fire in a tray behind a training jet as a group of firefighters arrive at the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport to practice dousing an airplane fire and rescue plane crash victims during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to rescue faux plane crash victims and douse an airplane fire during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters Brian Donnelly (left) and Shane O’Banion (right) work to douse an airplane fire as a group of other firefighters rescue faux plane crash victims during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters work to rescue engineer Nick Atkins as he pretends to be a pilot involved in a plane crash during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
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The Air Evacuation Lifeteam arrives to tend to faux victims of a pretend plane crash during the Bowling Green Fire Department’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercises on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Grace McDowell / The Daily News)
Bowling Green Fire Department firefighters practiced rescuing plane crash victims and dousing an airplane fire this week during the BGFD’s annual Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Fire Department Training Exercise at the Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport. The exercise, which has been conducted each evening from Monday through Wednesday, aims to help prepare the firefighters for any incident that could potentially occur at the airport and help them become more familiar with the airport grounds.
