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For Immediate Release
Contact: Rich Reuse 804.840.2042 | John Campbell 434.220.9070		 May 29, 2009
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Virginia Cabinet Secretaries and Agency Heads to Observe Activities At Virginia Wildland Fire Academy

Two Virginia Cabinet Secretaries and two state agency heads will visit the Virginia Wildland Fire Academy on Wednesday, June 3rd, to observe the training being undertaken by more than 265 volunteer and paid firefighters from 70 departments across the Commonwealth.

Secretary of Public Safety John Marshall and Secretary of Agriculture & Forestry Robert Bloxom will join State Forester Carl Garrison and Virginia Department of Fire Programs Executive Director Willie (Billy) Shelton to see first hand what the firefighters are learning as they train to better protect the lives and property of Virginia’s citizens.

The group will arrive at Longwood University’s Frazier Hall at 10:30 a.m. June 3rd and begin their tour with a visit to a couple of classrooms before heading out to see the “students” drive tractor plows (bulldozers) through an obstacle course at the Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest.  They will return to the Longwood campus around 12:30 p.m. to have lunch with the firefighters before departing for their return to the State Capitol in Richmond.

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Note to Editors and Reporters: You are welcome to join the VIP tour.  Please call Rich Reuse at 804.840.2042 for more details or to reserve a spot on the tour.

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