Hundreds from around the Midwest take part in specialized training
This weekend Kirkwood Community College hosts the 23rd annual Central Iowa Training Association (CITA) –Kirkwood Fire School. A consortium of area volunteer and paid firefighters and emergency medial service providers have worked together to learn new techniques in Basic/Advanced Firefighting, Combine/Auger/Tractor and Vehicle Extrication, Urban Search & Rescue, Fire Ground Support Operations, Hybrid Vehicle Awareness, Railcar Disasters, Fighting Fire with Foam and Other Ethanol Blended Disasters and many other topics.
This year’s programs will be held on the Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27.