Magee Firefighters Receive Free Training at Chevron Oil Refinery

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Five Magee fighters traveled to Pascagoula, MS Saturday May 2nd, 2015 for a free fire training exercise hosted and sponsored by the Chevron Oil Refinery.

Magee Firefighters; Capt. Chris Tuggle, Capt. Tony Puckett, Lt. Phillip Magee, Lt. Shane Steele, and firefighter, Vance Hamilton received 8 hours of successful training in hydro-carbon industrial fuel fires, search and rescue, and extrication from the Instructors at Chevron Corp.’s Pascagoula Refinery Fire Department, where the instructors were reported to train world-wide.

Several volunteer and municipal fire departments attended the training program, some travelling from as far as Birmingham, AL.
The Chevron Refinery Fire Department was reported to be 1 of 5 departments in the nation to have a mobile unit which carries approximately 30,000 gallons of fire suppression foam.

(Reporter:  Dana Puckett)