Local firefighters share expertise in Paraguay
Firefighters from central Alberta recently spent two weeks training their fellow emergency responders in Paraguay on a fire truck donated earlier this year by Dow Canada.
The truck was part of what was a seventh significant donation made by local fire departments to communities in the South American nation.
“In June, we shipped the firetruck that was donated by Dow to Paraguay. We also shipped equipment, tools and a support vehicle that were donated by numerous other supporters including; Sylvan Lake Fire Department, Firemaster Oilfield Services, Clearwater Regional Fire Services and Lacombe County Fire Services” said Eric Nicholas, Alberta Society for Firefighters Abroad board director.
“It was an incredible experience to see how appreciative the local departments were to receive the equipment and training. Helping to organize this training event was one of the highlights of my career and we were so thankful to work with a company like Dow who was willing to give a fire engine and to send one of their emergency responders to train people.”