When a fire broke out at a nearby apartment building, employees at the company excavating the caverns for the LBNF/DUNE project didn’t hesitate to respond.
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In May 2021, James Ranson takes the training from the Fire Department on how to use fire extinguishers correctly, using a simulated fire. This is the last time Ranson takes extinguisher training before his retirement in 2022.
This picture of a prairie burn was captured a few years ago.
Fermilab Roads and Grounds conducts a prairie burn inside the Main Injector on March 5. The trees on the right side of the plume are 20-plus feet tall.
Fermilab Roads and Grounds personnel burn Prairie Plot 12 inside the Main Injector.
Unusual December weather this past week has allowed the Roads and Grounds Group and the Ecology Group to conduct three large prescribed burns safely in the Main Ring, totaling 342.7 acres.
Fire protection systems are in place for two purposes: to help protect Fermilab property, and, more importantly, to help protect the people at Fermilab.
Ryan Campbell (left) and Martin Valenzuela tend to a controlled burn at the Pine Street entrance.
This photo of a landscape after a prairie burn was taken near the MINOS building.
On Nov. 28 and 29, warmer dry weather allowed the Roads and Grounds Department to conduct prescribed burns in prioritized prairie and woodland areas. More are planned with current weather conditions continuing into the week of Dec. 4.