Junior Wildland Firefighter Program at the Porter County Expo Center

Junior Wildland Firefighter Program at the Porter County Expo Center

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on April 14, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Meet the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s fire crew and learn about their jobs and equipment on April 22 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Porter County Expo Center as part of the Northwest Indiana Earth Day celebration. After completion of this hands-on program, children will receive their very own Junior Wildland Firefighter activity book and a Junior Wildland Firefighter patch. The 30 minute program will be repeated throughout the day.

The Porter County Expo Center is located at 215 East Division Road in Valparaiso, about one mile south of the intersection of State Road 49 and U.S. Highway 30. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNL.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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