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Our Community, Our News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Vol. 8 No. 12
GETTING A LEG UP ON FIRE SAFETY Village fire academy helps community in many ways By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
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Firefighters from the local area and abroad came out to partake in a Rapid Intervention Company Operation or RICO class designed to help firefighters learn how to rescue one another.
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he Romeoville Fire Academy is growing busier each year attracting students from not only the surrounding areas but internationally as well, bringing accolades to the department while taking a shot at boosting the local economy as well. The latest class, fairly new to fire service in the United States and almost non-existent in other countries, revolves See SAFETY, page 11