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Work on the Emergency Preparedness Committee’s Bombero Project continued after the POA Conference in Washington, D.C. last week, Jorge Martín visited Kansas where he was hosted by John Poertner and Edith Black in Lawrence. During his stay in Lawrence, Jorge rode with the Lawrence Fire Department and met with the Topeka Fire Chief. Pictured [...]
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KPP Members Lorraine Richards of Newton and Melissa Warren worked with the Georgia and Brazil Partners on this collaborative effort to host firefighters from Perhambuco Brazil in Newton, Wichita and Lawrence, Kansas.
Muito bom!
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Two Brazilian firefighters from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil spent 8 weeks in Kansas from April 15- June 15, 2008. Anderson Barros from Recife, Brazil and Moacir Porfiro from Petrolina, Brazil are both captains in the Pernambuco Fire Brigade. They were on a fellowship program from Partners of the [...]
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