Disaster Control: Firefighters in Phoenix Train for UFO Encounters?

By Michael Amsterdam
Feb 23, 2008


Remember the Phoenix Lights? Everyone in the Valley of the Sun recalls the biggest UFO sighting in history and now a report from a local news station in Phoenix has revealed that local firefighters are shown that they can train for an invasion, and it is all a book used by rescue workers across the country. Now I know what some of you are already saying, but no this is not a satire article.

A Photo of the Phoenix Lights from 1997

The details of the preparation are in a book titled "The Fire Officer's Guide To Disaster Control" that is not only used by Phoenix firefighters but by crew members around the country. The details of what to do can be found in Chapter 13, and are seemingly right out of a science-fiction novel or a Hollywood movie but many will believe they are just good common sense measures that would need to be used in any disaster, including an invasion from outer space.


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Many have often wondered, "Are we really alone?" If not, it is likely a good thing this structured detail of how officials should react has been put together as it gives some training should something like the unthinkable ever happen. "It would be remiss to not give some part to the role fire departments might play in the even of the unexpected arrival of UFO's in their communities," the authors of the book, retired firefighters William M. Kramer and Charles W. Bahme, write.

Surely this is accurate and good planning, but expect it to be mocked and lampooned across the spectrum of news reporters and entertainment shows. The authors write in part, "In a less optimistic scenario, you may have engine trouble upon approaching the scene, and radio contact could be lost with your dispatcher."


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It goes on with more Hollywood type scenarios that will give some pause. "If at night, your headlights could go out, the city could be blacked out, and your portable generators may malfunction when you attempt to use them for fans and portable lights."

Does this lend credence to those that have spotted UFOs? There have been enough unexplained events and most recently the Texas UFO sighting in Stephenville and the Chicago O'Hare sighting have made believers out of many that had been skeptics before. I can't bring myself to mock the chapter in the book, I think it is wise to prepare for any impending disaster.
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272619032.shtml

there would also fit other disasters - a collapse of the electrical grid would leave huge swathes of the country without power, depending on only back-up generators; or, an EMP could take out all electronics for tens or even hundreds of miles. What kind of emergency preparedness do you have when no vehicles are running, all communications are down?

I think the "UFO" might be as easily translated as UnFortunate Occurance - be ready for literally anything.