Gas prices expected to drop by Christmas
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 0.3 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.70 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has fallen 2.1 cents a gallon in the last week to $2.78, according to gasoline price website
GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday in the Savannah area were 66.8 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 14.5 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 21.8 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 49.9 cents lower than one year ago.
“Oil prices have been demolished in the last 72 hours as OPEC decided against a production cut, which will open the flood gates to even more gas price declines,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.
DeHaan said it’s the most rapid decline he has ever seen and he expects to see a 15- to 25-cent drop over the next several weeks with the national average near $2.50 by Christmas.
Savannah Tech offers firefighter/EMS diploma
Fire science students at Savannah Technical College may expand their first responder training with EMS certifications thanks to a new Firefighter/EMS diploma now offered at the college.
Upon completion of the firefighter/emergency medical services professional diploma, students may be eligible for certification and/or licensure in the following areas: Firefighter I, EMT, and AEMT.
The Firefighter I technical certificate of credit (TCC) program is conducted in cooperation with the Georgia Fire Academy and Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training. Graduates will be tested and certified at the national professional qualifications level.
EMS certification training is offered at progressive levels: EMT, AEMT, and paramedic.
Interested students should contact fire science department head and lead instructor Anthony “Tony” Faust at afaust@savannahtech.edu or 912-443-3386.
Medical society award goes to Armstrong
Armstrong State University’s College of Health Professions received the Georgia Medical Society’s Institution/Organization Award at the 14th annual Health Care Heroes Awards Banquet Nov. 18 in Savannah.
Armstrong president Linda M. Bleicken, interim assistant health professions dean Sandy Streater, diagnostic and therapeutic sciences department head Doug Masini and health sciences head Robert LeFavi accepted the award.
The award recognizes organizations that have taken health care initiatives outside the confines of their own institutions and into the community to make demonstrable improvements in the quality of life for area residents.