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Local firefighters urge city to block privatization of airport firefighting after FAA probe; union warns of legal action
Summary
The Harlingen Professional Firefighters Association and local commenters told the commission they oppose the airport administration’s pursuit of privatized Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) services, saying the move could be illegal and noting an FAA inspection found the department’s training program otherwise sound.
Representatives of the Harlingen Professional Firefighters Association and other Harlingen residents used citizen comment time to tell commissioners they oppose any effort to contract out aircraft firefighting services at Valley International Airport and to urge the city to intervene if the airport executive board attempts privatization.
Evan Mann, president of the Harlingen Professional Firefighters Association, told the commission the union has provided the city attorney with a legal opinion from the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters arguing that privatization of the airport’s ARFF program would be illegal. He…
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