FREDERICK, Md. – The Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services will congratulate 40 of its newest members on Friday, August 23, 2024. The ceremony will be held at Frederick High School Auditorium starting at 6:00 pm.
The 28-week training academy began on February 12, 2024. In addition to challenging daily physical fitness conditioning, the recruits participated in over 1,000 hours of coursework, including Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Vehicle Operator, Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Hazardous Materials Operations, Rescue Technician - Site Operations, Technical Rescue: Common Passenger Vehicle Rescue, Firefighter Safety and Survival, Truck Company Operations, and Arson Detection for the First Responder.
Recruit Class 36 members are: Dylan Adelsberger, Riley Becker, Cameron Bradley, Gunther Gillespie, Daniel Huerta, Anthony Keseling, Charleston Laymon, Miles Leister, Matthew Levy, Christian Locy, Noah Ranno, Erik Robert, Ethan Sage, Andrew Schrider, Geraghty Showe, Michael Stitely, Dakota Weaver, Zachary Welch, and Rodney Williams.
Recruit Class 37 members are: Jacob Ardary, Marc Chlebowski, Chase Christian, Avery Drew, Andrew Ebbert, Braxton Foreman, Thomas Garvey, Wyatt Heistand, Dallas Jameson, Wyatte Johns, Jacob Jones, Adam Knight, Jacob Lamartina, Colton Lawler, Nicholas Patterson, Abiram Perez, Cade Price, Bryan Roby, Daniel Scott, Bryce Speert, and Noah Stone.
Many of the graduates will begin their station assignments the day after graduation, August 24, 2024, and the rest will begin within the following 48 hours.
The Recruit Classes were supervised and led by Frederick County Fire and Rescue Battalion Fire Chief of Training Francis Malta, Captain Daniel Winters, Lieutenant Jesse Gibson (RC 36), and Lieutenant Krystal Lowry (RC 37). Instructional sessions were supported by several employees assigned to the Operations Section of the Division of Fire and Rescue.
The graduation ceremony will be recorded by FCG TV and made available to watch on cable channels 19 and 1072, as well as online at www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/FCGTV.
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Contact: Sarah Campbell
Manager, Communications and Administration
Frederick County Fire and Rescue Services