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Propane

Emergencies

APGA Kicks Off Updated Instructor Led Training
APGA Kicks Off Updated Instructor Led Training
for Alabama's First Responders
for Alabama's First Responders

ollaboration among the fire service, first re- led propane emergencies training course. APGA has
sponders, and the propane industry is critical obtained a grant to assist with funding this training
when incidents occur. In Alabama, we have opportunity for Operations Missions Specific First
Cforty retail propane companies with over Responders. The association will be offering this free
two hundred sixty locations, including branches, bulk training program to Alabama's career and volunteer
plants, and retail locations. The dealers service more firefighters through October 2026 or until funding runs
than 105,989 residential propane accounts. In the out.
event of a propane emergency, these dealers and their APGA's first two-day Propane Emergencies
consumers depend on one of the 1,100 municipal or instructor led training event for Operations Missions
volunteer fire departments to respond to the scene. Specific First Responders was held on October 13 - 14
When first responders arrive on scene, they need to at the White City Volunteer Fire Department in Mar-
be ready to act to mitigate the risk to property and to bury, Alabama. There was an overwhelming response
potentially save lives. from local fire stations and we had a great turnout.
As part of the industry's efforts to keep cus- Twenty nine volunteer firefighters and their chiefs
tomers and communities safe, the Alabama Propane attended the free training event representing the Bill-
Gas Association is now offering an updated instructor ingsley, Fairview, Marbury, Pentacost, and White City

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