Backstep Boys: Eriks Gabliks

Ron Kanterman and Tom Aurnhammer speak with Eriks Gabliks, superintendent of the National Fire Academy. They discuss the academy, its programs, the fire administrator’s summit, what it addresses, and what it delivers.

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