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Volume XIX-Issue 1069
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March 11, 2025
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Lakeland’s Emergency Training Centre Receives National Award
Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre is nationally recognized with the Federal Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award. Photo submitted
Lakeland College
emergency services professionals,” says tions of instructors and staff who have ing on the shoulders of giants—those Dr. Alice Wainwright-Stewart, Lakeland’s built this institution, and the legacy that who built and strengthened this instituLakeland College Emergency Train- president and CEO. “This award is just continues to grow.” tion over the years. Our responsibility ing Centre (ETC) has been nationally further confirmation of what we already Originally established by the Govern- now is not just to honour that legacy recognized with the Federal Emergency know – that our students are receiving ment of Alber ta as the Alber ta Fire but to build on it, to go further, reach Management Exemplary Service Award the best emergency services education Officer Training School, the institution higher and expand our impact on emerfor its decades-long contributions to in Canada.” evolved into the Alberta Fire Training gency management in Canada,” says emergency management in Canada. “ In the last t wo years alone, we School, later became Fire ETC. The McKerry. This prestigious award was presented were privileged to support Alberta’s organization bec ame a subsidiar y As the ETC looks to the future, it in Ottawa Wednesday, Feb. 26 by the response efforts during the Parkland corporation of Lakeland in 1998, and remains c ommit ted to leading the Ministry of Public Safety. The award County Wildfires (2023) and the Jasper then a division of the college in 2004. way in firefighter training, emergency acknowledges the 65-year legacy of the Wildfire Complex (2024). These were Over six decades, it has trained emer- medical response, technical rescue, ETC in training first responders, strength- critical moments where the expertise gency responders from every province hazardous materials management, ening disaster preparedness, and and dedication of our team and gradu- and territory, with graduates serving in and emergency management educasupporting emergency response efforts ates made a real impact,” says Shawn leadership roles across Canada. tion. Through continued innovation across the country. McKerry, dean of ETC. “But this award “This recognition belongs to every and national collaboration, Lakeland “We are so proud of our Emergency isn’t just about our recent work—it’s staff member, instructor, and student College ETC is poised to further its role Training Centre and all they have done about the thousands of first responders who has walked through our doors as Canada’s leading first responder over the decades to train generations of we’ve trained since 1959, the genera- over the last 65 years. We are stand- training institution. Submitted
With guest consignor KC Stock Farm