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Commissioners approve fire‑services school MOU, life‑vest loaner program and local EMT testing site
Summary
Newton County approved agreements to place fire‑safety education in schools, create a life‑vest loaner program at Factory Shoals funded by a grant, and host Pearson VUE testing for EMT certifications locally.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners approved three fire‑services items on Aug. 5 after presentations from Fire Chief Royce Turner.
Chief Turner asked the board to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Newton County School System to add fire safety education to school curricula. Turner described the MOU as a formal partnership to insert educational programming into the…
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