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An opportunity for volunteer and career, full-time firefighters to be the best they can be, and enhance their job opportunities, is available in western South Dakota.

Western Dakota Tech is accredited through the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications (Pro Board®). As such, the college can test applicants for Pro Board® Certification, which is becoming a national standard for firefighters. Pro Board® Certification is verification that an individual has successfully completed an evaluation of his or her knowledge, skills and abilities against the national standard. Certified individuals are listed on a national registry.

Western Dakota Tech helps students grow, develop their skills, and prepares them to enter the professional world work-ready.

To learn more about the many opportunities at Western Dakota Tech, register today to attend an upcoming Visit Day from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 14, at Western Dakota Tech. Western Dakota Tech is located at 800 Mickelson Dr.

The Western Dakota Tech Foundation hosted the Partner Appreciation Social, in the Event Center, March 15. Sandy Diegel, President/CEO of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation, provided the Partner Address. Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to benefit our students and to all of those who spoke, attended the event, and provided campus tours.

View event photos on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/westerndakotatech/.

International Trainers Laud Western Dakota Tech for Top-Notch Training Facility

While many college students utilize Spring Break to relax and recharge before finishing up the school year, four Law Enforcement and four Fire Science senior students participated in rigorous Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) training alongside local law enforcement and EMS professionals, at Western Dakota Tech, March 6-8.

Trainers with the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT), based out of Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, provided the course funded through a federal grant obtained by Pennington County Emergency Management. When Western Dakota Tech was asked if the specialized training could take place in the college’s new Public Safety Training Center, the college readily agreed asking that students also be given the opportunity to participate.