{"id":14463,"date":"2023-03-01T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phillips66.com\/?p=14463"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T18:51:47","slug":"turning-up-the-heat-at-phillips-66-fire-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillips66.com\/newsroom\/turning-up-the-heat-at-phillips-66-fire-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning up the heat at <span class=\"nowrap\">Phillips 66<\/span> Fire School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whitney Phillips, a lab technician at Borger Refinery, discovered a hidden vocation at Phillips 66 \u2014 putting out fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a passion I never knew I had,\u201d said Phillips, who took on the role of battalion chief in the company\u2019s most recent hands-on emergency response training known as Fire School in College Station, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise \u2014 where actual fires are put out in a live, controlled environment \u2014 is a unique experience, said Phillips, who got hooked on emergency response shortly after she was hired at Borger and went through training as part of an initial response team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s just fascinating being able to put out a fire, watching how it works and studying it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips 66 Corporate Emergency Response conducts Fire School twice a year to train new emergency response members and to refresh or advance the skills of experienced ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special awards are given to participants who demonstrate dedication to continuous improvement, a positive attitude, great leadership and represent the Phillips 66 values of safety, honor and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips received the Firefighter II Outstanding Student Award. She was the first woman to receive the accolade and was affectionately labeled the \u201cden mother\u201d of her group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other award winners at the Fall Fire School included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kristopher Luera, Chevron Phillips Chemical \u2014 Firefighter I Outstanding Student Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brian Scott, Bayway Refinery \u2014 Firefighter III Outstanding Student Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brian Olsen, Crisis Management and Emergency Response, Bartlesville, Oklahoma \u2014 Incident Command Systems Outstanding Student Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Longtime Phillips 66 emergency responders conduct the training at Texas A&amp;M Engineering Extension Service\u2019s facility. 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