CCAC offering scholarships to encourage volunteer firefighters
By ERIC SEIVERLING
eseiverling@yourmvi.com
Community College of Allegheny County is doing its part to halt the declining number of volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania.
But is anyone noticing?
The school is now taking applications for its Allegheny County Fire Volunteer Education, Service and Training Scholarship Program, or FireVEST, which provides full scholarships for an associates degree or certificate program at CCAC and accompanying training at the Allegheny County Fire Academy.
A joint effort between Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, the Allegheny County Fire Academy and CCAC, the scholarships are awarded in exchange for a commitment of five years of service to a volunteer fire department in Allegheny County.
According to Jefferson Hills Assistant Fire Chief Brian Chalfant, the scholarship is intended to help bolster recruitment for volunteer fire companies in the county, which along with the state is seeing a decline in enrollment.
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