Commentary

Heating equipment is the leading cause of home fires during the winter months and most heating equipment fires involve space heaters. Space heaters can be fixed or portable. They can be fueled by electricity, wood, gas or kerosene (although the latter are illegal in KMC housing areas). Even wood stoves and fireplaces are considered space heaters. All pose hazards and require care.

The 435th Air Base Wing and 86th Airlift Wing will soon be declaring ENDEX on our next-to-last opportunity to exercise our collective employment capabilities, leaving us with only one more practice session before the Phase II Operational Readiness Inspection in late March. Over the last few months of field exercises, 640 Airmen have been battling eyeball-freezing temperatures, long hours, clumsy chem gear and a rigorous schedule of scenarios designed to test their ability to survive and operate their respective deployed missions.

Most buildings in the KMC, including housing, are connected to central hot water heating plants. These plants produce hot water and distribute it to our buildings to provide building heat through radiators. Your radiator control will look similar to the one pictured here.