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Col. Dave Pond, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, signs a proclamation initiating Fire Prevention Week at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 9, 2011. The importance of fire prevention is underscored by the 2,565 preventable fire related deaths in the U.S. in 2009. Pond is deployed from the Pentagon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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Fire Chief George Parker reads a proclamation initiating Fire Prevention Week as Col. Dave Pond and Col. Shawna O’Brien look on at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 9, 2011. Pond is the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander and O’Brien is the 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Hank Hoegen)

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Fire Prevention Week

Published Oct. 10, 2011