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MICHAEL SHANE LACOUNT

Michael Shane LaCount is Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Fire & Safety Engineering Technology program at Eastern Kentucky University. Mr. LaCount holds a M.S. in Loss Prevention & Safety from Eastern Kentucky University. He is a Certified Fire, Arson and Explosive Investigation Instructor and Investigator and Co-Chair of the Annual EKU Rescue School. Mr. LaCount is also active with the Richmond, Kentucky Fire Department.

EKU is listed by Forbes Magazine as being in the top 10 percent of America’s colleges and universities for the second year in a row.

EKU is included again in the US News and World Report’s annual listing of top colleges and universities as a Tier I intuition.

EKU was also designated as one of America’s most Veteran Friendly campuses by GI Jobs magazine.

EKU’s Fire & Safety Engineering Technology bachelor’s degree program is accredited by IFSAC, the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress.

EKU is among only 175 of America’s 5,000 colleges and universities to be recognized for community engagement – both curricular and in practice - by the Carnegie Foundation.