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Vegreville Fire Captain receives rare certification
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Michael Simpson Staff Writer Fire Services Coordinator Captain Phil Rowe is now one of ten Albertans who possesses a Public Fire and Life Safety Educator Level II certification. The new piece of paper on his wall enables Rowe to develop public education plans for fire and life safety education that can be taught to local firefighters and to the public at large.
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Fire Services Coordinator Capt. Phil Rowe is now one of ten Albertans who is able to develop educational programs on Fire and Life Safety. Part of earning this rare certification involved developing a five-year FLS plan for the Town of Vegreville, which Rowe said he plans to put into action in the near future. (Michael Simpson/Photo)
“It was a combination of two years of on-the-job training and completing assignments,� Rowe said. “This allows me to participate in a global education program. As well I’ve developed a five year Fire Safe Community Plan for implementation in town.� To do this, Rowe combed through a pile of statistical
data collected over the past ten years to determine just what Vegreville needed to know to be impervious from harm. “Many of the larger, costly fires in the past five years have been in the downtown core,� Rowe said. “Many of the businesses are old buildings.� See Story.......................... Page 15
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