Sept. 26 | Lowndes County Board of Health Meets
The Lowndes County Board of Health will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at the Lowndes County Health Department, First Floor Conference Room, located at 206 S. Patterson Street. See city calendar.

Sept. 26 | Tourism Authority Meets
The Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., at the James H. Rainwater Conference Center, Executive Conference Room 1, located at 1 Meeting Place. See city calendar.

Sept. 26 | VFD Citizens Fire Academy Meets
The Valdosta Fire Department Citizens Fire Academy continues on Sept. 26 for citizens enrolled in the nine-week program. This week's session will focus on department and emergency communication, and participants will receive their CPR certification. The Citizens Fire Academy is designed to give a behind-the-scenes look into one of the top ISO-rated fire departments in the state. For information, call 229-333-1835 or visit www.valdostacity.com/fire.  

Sept. 28-29 | VFD Conducts Live Burn Training
The Valdosta Fire Department will conduct a controlled house burn on Thursday, Sept. 28 and Friday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, at 119 Jackson Street, located at the intersection of Tucker Road and Jackson Street. The controlled burn allows the VFD to train its less experienced firefighters on safe firefighting methods, as well as provide refresher training for the more-experienced firefighters. The VFD utilizes condemned city properties for these types of controlled burns—properties that, as in this case, have already been properly permitted through EPD for the removal.