MEDIA ADVISORY: Los Angeles International Airport Breaks Ground on New Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Facility
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- 11/04/09 --
WHAT: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa will be joined by
officials from City Council, federal aviation, and City fire
and airport departments to break ground on a new replacement
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) facility at Los
Angeles International Airport (LAX). The $13.5-million LAFD
Fire Station 80 project received $10.8 million in federal
stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act.
The new Fire Station 80 at LAX will improve readiness for
airport emergencies, clear the way for further airport
modernization and provide jobs to help revive the local
economy.
WHO: -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
-- Representatives from the office of Los Angeles City
Councilman Bill Rosendahl (District 11)
-- Federal Aviation Administration Western-Pacific Regional
Administrator William Withycombe
-- Los Angeles Fire Chief Millage Peaks
-- Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commissioners
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Media should arrive at the parking lot no later than
10:45 a.m. for security screening and shuttling to event site,
which is located on the restricted airfield.
WHERE: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) airline maintenance
hangar aircraft ramp on restricted airfield, adjacent to the
construction site. In case of rain, event will be conducted
inside the hangar.
VISUALS: -- Display of LAFD apparatus and equipment used specifically
at LAX
-- Speakers at podium
-- Photo opportunity with speakers joined by fire and airport
commissioners in hardhats using "gold" shovels to conduct
ceremonial ground-breaking (in case of rain, photo op will
be under tent)
PARKING: Event parking is located south of the intersection of World Way
West and Maintenance Road on the west side of LAX (Thomas Guide
Pg. 702, D-5). All media must be security screened before
boarding buses to go onto the restricted airfield.
CONTACT: -- ALL MEDIA MUST RSVP BY 4 p.m. MONDAY November 7 TO LAX PR:
dbaker@lawa.org or call (424) 646-5260
-- Chief Ronnie Villanueva/LAFD Community Service Unit at
(213) 978-3810
Contact:
Diane Baker
dbaker@lawa.org
(424) 646-5260
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