8/20/13- Howell High School students taking the Firefighter program offered this year will have a hands-on training experience with a recently acquired fire truck. The truck, purchased for $20,000 from Hartland Deerfield Fire Authority, was delivered to the school yesterday and is parked in what used to be the schoolâs shop room. The shop classroom has been divided, keeping part of it for shop, and the rest for the Firefighting class. The garage is equipped with locker rooms, thousands of dollars in donated firefighter gear and the schoolâs newest purchase. Used firefighting helmets, coats, pants, boots, air tanks and gloves were donated from Fire Departments across Southeast Michigan. The course is a Firefighter 1 and 2 program that is available to juniors and seniors. Michael Witt, President of the Howell School Board, has been overseeing the creation of this class and presented the check to the Fire Authority yesterday. Witt tells WHMI the students are taking a state certified course, making them marketable post-graduation. The course will be opened up to the entire county next year, which Witt believes will bring in over 400 applicants. Witt says they received the truck at such a good price due to the partnership they are doing with local fire departments, who hope to acquire juniors from this program. The course is the second of its kind in Michigan. (DK)
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