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WVU Extension Fire Service offers Junior Firefighter Camp for youths
While the nation faces a shortage of firefighters, West Virginia University Extension Fire Service aims to help fix this problem, starting with youths from 15 different states. Junior Firefighter Camp prepares the next generation of firefighters and emergency operations personnel with real-life scenarios and experience.
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It’s off to camp we go: WVU Extension summer camps welcome all West Virginia youth
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WVU Extension Fire Service offers Junior Firefighter Camp for youths
It’s off to camp we go: WVU Extension summer camps welcome all West Virginia youth
Youths from across West Virginia head to West Virginia University Jackson’s Mill each summer to participate in camps. This year is no different, as WVU Extension offers five statewide camps, including a new addition this summer.
WVU Extension’s Conservation Camp introduces teens to the natural world in West Virginia
Teens from across West Virginia are invited to immerse themselves
in our state’s natural resources this summer at State Conservation Camp, hosted
by West Virginia University Extension.
WVU Extension Safety and Health Extension awarded hazard training grant
The West Virginia University
Extension Safety
and Health Extension has been awarded an Occupational Health and Safety
Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Training Grant to provide hazard
recognition and abatement training to 350 workers in the oil and natural gas
industry.
WVU Extension agent receives award for distinguished service to West Virginia
Megan Midcap, West Virginia University Extension youth development agent in Lewis County, recently received the Ethel and Gerry Heebink Award for Distinguished State Service, which recognizes faculty or staff who have provided distinguished service to West Virginia over a period of time.