Tahoe Project interview with Fire Academy Founder Leona Allen
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 09/02/2012 - 2:31pm
The latest Tahoe Project interview is with Leona Allen, a lifelong Tahoe resident, a Lake Valley Fire Protection District firefighter and a founder of the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy. Hosted by Michelle Sweeney, Allen shares insight into wildfire preparedness, her family's experience of loss in the Angora fire and the success of the Fire Academy where she is among the program faculty at Lake Tahoe Community College. Go here for Part I and here for Part II.
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