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Mississippi State Fire Academy

Some say it is Mississippi’s best-kept secret, but the statistics don’t support it. The Mississippi State Fire Academy must be well known because 17,000 emergency responders and industry safety personnel requested and received training at the facility in 2009. “That doesn’t count the thousands of volunteer firefighters we train annually in the field through our Extension Service Bureau,” said Curtiss Marbury, Instructor Chief with the State Fire Academy. “We’re extremely busy around here and, as a matter of fact, we’re currently booking reservations for 2011 and 2012.”

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Going where the people want to go

According to Mayor Johnny L. DuPree, Ph.D., all roads lead to Hattiesburg. He’s not alone in his assessment of the importance of the city - Hattiesburg is also known as the Hub City of the South, a prospering region for economic development, education, the arts, health care, retirement, and raising a family. “CNN and Forbes Magazine also said it’s a great place to launch a business,” said Mayor DuPree, “It’s a great city and, of course, Brett Farve played for the University of Southern Mississippi and lives in Hattiesburg.”

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Subsurface Utility Engineering vs. Locating: What’s the difference?

In 1998, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) made it clear to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that Subsurface Utility Engineering should be used during the development of highway projects and one-call notification centers and/or utility companies should be notified to mark the ground indicating the location of the underground utilities prior to any excavation. This is a concept we firmly believe in – Subsurface Utility Engineering is for design, as one-call/utility notification and markings (locating) are for construction.