Future firefighters complete final exercises towards certification
Firefighter I Training at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus.
Nineteen students completing the latest Chester County Firefighter I Training Course conducted final firefighting exercises at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus. The exercises covered search and rescue, indoor firefighting, fire attack types, auto fires, dumpster fires, and stages of fires. All exercises represent...
Chester County observing Fair Housing Month
Department of Community Development is hosting educational workshops
In recognition of Fair Housing Month, the Chester County Department of Community Development is extending an invitation to attend the first of a series of Fair Housing Educational Workshops beginning on Tuesday, April 1.
The presentation at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus from 9 to 11 a.m. will include information...
County offering citizens free emergency training
Course to enable residents to provide aid to themselves, others in crisis
The county is inviting citizens to become life-savers by receiving free training that will enable them to help themselves, their families, neighbors – even first-responders – in an emergency.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is designed to prepare residents for a catastrophic event, potentially saving...
County offering citizens free emergency training
Course is designed to make residents better prepared to handle catastrophes
During the last CERT course, the Chester County Public Training Center was a hub of activity as emergency services workers went about their routines as instructors helped trainees respond to a simulated rescue of a person trapped by a collapsed building.
The county is inviting citizens to receive free training that will...
‘On the Road’ meeting leads to South Coatesville
County commissioners to convene at Public Safety Training Campus
The county commissioners will hold their June 5 public meeting at 7 p.m. at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in South Coatesville.
When the Chester County Commissioners hit the road for their third 2013 meeting outside West Chester, the location will offer attendees a look at a relatively new county facility.
On Wednesday,...
Training center inaugurated by veteran firefighter
Lonnie Brown thrilled to teach first class at campus in South Coatesville
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Instructor Lonnie Brown says the county’s new training center is a dramatic improvement over the makeshift classrooms he’s used in the past.
Plans for a Chester County Public Safety Training Campus languished for half a century before coming to fruition on Sunday...
