[CanYoAssDigIt] She'll just use her super cold breath to put out forest fires...

And she probably knows how to talk a kid down from a bad acid trip
(like Jimmy Carter in a very funny SNL skit a million years ago)

-----Original Message-----
From: Cawley-Murphree, Althea [mailto:Althea.Cawley-Murphree@GOV.WA.GOV]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:09 PM
To: WASHINGTON-GOVERNOR-NEWS@listserv.wa.gov
Subject: NEWS RELEASE: Gov. Gregoire passes fire safety qualifications
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Contact: Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136;
www.governor.wa.gov

Gov. Gregoire passes fire safety qualifications test

OLYMPIA - July 14, 2005 - Today Gov. Christine Gregoire earned her "red
card," meeting safety qualifications that will allow her to visit fire lines
to get firsthand information. With the fire season under way now in Eastern
Washington, the governor will be prepared to inspect affected areas.

"I want to understand the conditions that our firefighters face in keeping
our families, communities and resources safe," said the governor. "Having
this training means that I will be able to safely enter these areas to get
the most up-to-date information."

Gregoire is the first governor in Washington history to receive this
training. She completed the firefighters work capacity test by walking one
mile in under the 16 minute-limit and properly deploying her fire shelter.
Department of Natural Resources staff in a non-suppression role are expected
to undergo light physical fitness training as well as an eight-hour annual
firefighter refresher course. The governor will be able to approach a fire
line, but will have a qualified individual escorting her.

"I have the utmost respect for the hard and dangerous work done by our
firefighters. Now that I have sampled just a sliver of what they undergo in
the course of their day, that respect has deepened."

Gregoire was accompanied by Commissioner of Public Lands Doug Sutherland and
Maj. Gen. Timothy Lowenberg, adjutant general of the Washington Military
Department. The first gentleman, Mike Gregoire, also participated in the
exercise, which took place on the Chehalis Western Trail near Lacey.

The governor declared a drought in March and expressed concern that dry
conditions would pose greater threats of major fires. In anticipation of an
active fire season, Gregoire participated on Monday in a tabletop wild-land
firefighting exercise with representatives of a number of state and federal
agencies, including the Emergency Management Division of the Military
Department, Washington State Patrol, Department of Natural Resources and
Federal Emergency Management Agency. The tabletop exercise will ensure the
highest level of coordination by those agencies and officials charged with
executing the state's wild-land firefighting plan.

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