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Fire Science Department Hosts Firefighter Workshop

BENTONVILLE (Monday, June 9, 2008) - The NWACC department of Fire Science sponsored a workshop recently for area fire fighters. According to Fire Science faculty member Jeff Sprott, the workshop, titled “Taking Care of Our Own,” taught participants how to be prepared for their worst nightmare: a line-of-duty death of a firefighter.

Firefighters and fire department chaplains from Arkansas, Missouri, and Mississippi attended the one-day session that was taught by facilitators from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Facilitators from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) recently participated in a workshop for firefighters at NWACC. Left to right: Dr. Frank Zieziula; Ms. Sonya Richter, widow of a firefighter killed in Arkansas in 2001; Kathy Hedrick, Director of Survivor Benefits at the NFFF and mother of a firefighter killed in the line of duty in Maryland in 1993; and John McGrath, retired Assistant Fire Chief, Philadelphia, PA.

For questions/comments on this content, please contact Jeff Sprott.

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