After scoping meetings with senior government officials and university officers in Kampala, Targhee Fire is honored to assist Uganda’s Ndejje University as they establish a baccalaureate public safety leadership program.
The efforts of several Ugandan visionaries, such as the Honorable Muruli Mukasa, is bringing this dream to life. These leaders see the importance of an accredited academic program in an emerging region that is under-served by emergency services.
Ndejje University is a respected institution with impressive academic and institutional resources. Targhee Fire has assisted government and non-government institutions in Uganda for more than a decade as the region strengthens its emergency response capabilities.
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Navy Region Northwest Firefighters Receive Specialized Training
Targhee Fire staff recently completed training for regional fire staff at Naval Base Kitsap in-person and with a video link.
The course, National Fire Academy F-610, Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) for the Structural Company Officer, was coordinated by Washington State Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal, Howard Scartozzi and taught at Naval Base Kitsap.
Wildland Urban Interface Fires (WUI), such as the devastating January 2025 incidents in the Los Angeles, California area, are some of the most dangerous and challenging wildfires that responders can face.
Interdisciplinary training, such as WUI, builds an additional veneer of regional and national resources for large-scale incidents, such as WUI fires, that can quickly exhaust local emergency resources.
Targhee Fire Officer Speaks at International Business Forum in Seattle
Targhee Fire’s CEO, E A Wright, recently spokes at the historic gathering of African and U.S. international business, civic and government leaders in Seattle to discuss public safety infrastructure and leadership development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In more than 15 years of work in Africa…