Annual Green River Firefighters Association Fall Fire School at OCTC

Oct. 22-24, 2021

Owensboro, KY (10/19/2021) — The Annual Green River Firefighters Association Fall Fire School is back in person and will be held October 22-24, 2021 on the main campus of Owensboro Community &Technical College (OCTC) at 4800 New Hartford Road, Owensboro.

The event is hosted by the Green River Firefighters Association and the KCTCS Kentucky Fire Commission/State Fire Rescue Training to provide firefighters access to professional development opportunities.

"We always have a great response to this event. While we are very excited to be able to offer these opportunities. It is also important to let our campus neighbors and surrounding community know that these activities are happening as an exercise, and that it is not a real emergency situation" added Jimmy Van Cleve, Area 3 Coordinator, and one of the event organizers.

More than 200 firefighters are preregistered for the event offering classes that range from basic essential skills to more advanced modern vehicle rescue and disaster planning. Saturday and Sunday are full day classes, with hands on activities taking place in the afternoon on the campus grounds at OCTC.

For more information about the event, visit the Area 3 website at www.sfrtarea3.org or contact jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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