Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld and Deputy Fire Chief Steve DeJong hold the Outstanding Community Safety Partnership Award presented to the Homewood Fire Department by Erica Fischer, director of training, outreach and partnerships with Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response. Village, fire department and CN Railway officials look on. Fischer presented the award at the Homewood Fire Department on June 27. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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Focus on Safety: Homewood Fire Department honored for rail safety training efforts

Homewood Fire Department was honored recently by Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER) with the first Outstanding Community Safety Partnership Award in large part for the role it played in creating a training video that will help fire departments across the country prepare for rail emergencies.

At the award presentation on June 27 at the department headquarters on Dixie Highway, Erica Fischer, director of training, outreach and partnerships with TRANSCAER, thanked village officials for working…

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