Media Advisory

Firefighter Welcomed Home by Colleagues at Airport
on Return from Afghanistan

(Tuesday, April 14, 2009) - Colleagues from Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency will welcome home one of their own from Afghanistan this Thursday morning. Warrant Officer Barry Bastow, a member of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, has been in Afghanistan for the past 6 months. He had taken a leave of absence from his job as a firefighter with Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency. Bastow is a member of the 33rd Service Battalion, Halifax.

Date:         Thursday, April 16, 2009
Location:   Halifax International Airport
Time:         10:45 a.m.

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For further information, contact:

Mike LeRue
Divisional Chief
Public Relations/Communications
222-4253