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HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
MICHAEL T. SCHUTT, FIRE & EMS DIRECTOR
115 West 5'° Street
Hastings, MN 55033-1815
Business Office (651) 480-6150
Fax (651) 480-6170
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Honorable Mayor Hicks and City Council Members
Michael T. Schutt, Fire and EMS Director 'A ~ ~
January 15, 2008 l~" `
Scholarship from Flint Hills Resources for Firefighter
Training
Flint Hills Resources is offering a scholarship for a Hastings Fire Department member to
attend Flammable Fuels Fire Training at Refinery Terminal Fire Training Academy
located in Corpus Christi, Texas. With this scholarship, Flint Hills Resources will
sponsor all financial obligations associated with this training, including travel and
lodging.
Background:
Flint Hills Resources has long been a sponsor of fire departments in the local area. Over
the last 15 years, they have offered scholarships such as this to surrounding fire
departments. Aside from having 2 refineries in our mutual-aid response area, flammable
fuel fires are apart of our everyday response concern. This includes vehicle fires leaking
fuel, gasoline truck transport crashes and more memorable, the tugboat fire in 1996, in
which the fire was being fed by nearly 60,000 gallons of fuel.
As a past recipient of this scholarship, I feel this is an excellent training program.
Requested Action:
Council is asked to accept the scholarship with the intention of sending Assistant Director
of Fire and EMS, John Townsend, to attend this training.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 651-775-5547 anytime.
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