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<strong>Campus</strong> Connection<br />

SMCC’s <strong>Maine</strong> Fire Service<br />

Institute Dedicates 9/11<br />

Memorial at Midcoast<br />

<strong>Campus</strong><br />

Firefighters from around the state gathered at the<br />

new home of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />

<strong>Maine</strong> Fire Service Institute (MFSI) on September 15<br />

for the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial.<br />

Guindon noted that the memorial had particular<br />

relevance in its new home at the college.“This 9/11<br />

Memorial is a symbolic monument to motivate and<br />

inspire learning for firefighters that come through the<br />

door of the <strong>Maine</strong> Fire Service Institute. While silent,<br />

the memorial remains an active tool for reflection on the<br />

actions and events of a tragic day, but more importantly,<br />

to also reinforce the lessons learned from a dreadful time<br />

that will help in the future,” Guindon said.<br />

The memorial, which now has a permanent home<br />

at the institute’s Midcoast <strong>Campus</strong> headquarters,<br />

features a section of girder from the World Trade<br />

Center that the New York City Fire Department had<br />

gifted to the Bath Fire Department. Two members<br />

of the Bath Fire Department were part of the initial<br />

FEMA response team that assisted operations at the<br />

World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11/2001.<br />

A procession consisting of 20 fire departments from<br />

around the state, honor guards and public safety<br />

pipe and drum corps began the ceremony at 11 a.m.,<br />

leading to the MFSI’s new home at SMCC’s Midcoast<br />

<strong>Campus</strong> on the former Naval air base.<br />

Speakers included SMCC President Ron Cantor, Bath<br />

Fire Capt. Mike Clarke, Freeport Fire Chief Darrel<br />

Fournier (chair of the <strong>Maine</strong> Fire Protection Services<br />

Commission), Wells Fire Chief Dan Moore (vice<br />

president of the <strong>Maine</strong> Fire Chiefs’ Association) and<br />

MFSI Director William Guindon.<br />

“Memorials like this are so important for our<br />

communities. They ensure that new generations of<br />

Americans never forget, that we always remember the<br />

sacrifice and dedication of our first responders,” said<br />

Cantor. “We see that dedication so clearly at SMCC,<br />

in our Fire Science, Criminal Justice and Emergency<br />

Medical Services students, and the distinguished<br />

experts who teach them. We also see it in the working<br />

professionals who are trained through the <strong>Maine</strong> Fire<br />

Service Institute. We see it, we’re proud of them and<br />

of all of you, and we thank you.”<br />

7 September 2012 • <strong>Campus</strong> Connection • Your connection to the SMCC community

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