Fire Science program graduation set
August 15, 2011
Jayson Russell, assistant drill master with the University Fire Department, barks orders to the students undergoing training in the UAF Community and Technical College Fire Science Program.
The program will be graduating 22 students Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom on the UAF main campus. The event will be the first formal graduation ceremony for the Firefighter I Summer Academy. The students are from across Alaska, Washington and Oregon and include local scholarship recipients from the North Star and Chena Goldstream Fire Departments.
The academy is a partnership between CTC, the University Fire Department and the local fire service areas.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: John George, fire science program coordinator, at 907-455-2879 or via e-mail at jgeorge@alaska.edu.