In a ceremony held Saturday, April 15, the Forsyth County Fire Department graduated its newest recruit class. Family, friends and Fire Department staff attended the ceremony held at Local Church Forsyth. To view photos from the ceremony, please click here.

During the ceremony, 10 recruits officially became Forsyth County firefighters after completing training.

The recruits completed 18 weeks of firefighter training which included instruction on structural fire control, interior search and rescue, flammable and combustible liquids fire control, pressurized container fire control, fire hose testing, ladder truck and engine company operations, hazardous materials awareness and operations, vehicle extrication, public utilities gas/electric safety and terrorism awareness.

In total, each recruit completed more than 640 hours of certified fire training. Prior to the fire school portion of their training, the recruits completed 18 weeks of emergency medical technician, or EMT, training. During the EMT school portion, each recruit completed a total of 720 hours of EMT classroom and clinical instruction. All became certified as nationally registered EMTs.

Those graduates were:

Stephen Black
Aaron Cail
Kent Cochran 
Nicklaus Haney
Jesca Henning
Dawson Holland
Enrique Howard
Rachel Hughes
Daniel Price
Tanner Wallis

“We are pleased to welcome these new members of the Forsyth County Fire Department family,” said Fire Chief Barry Head. “The department is proud to spotlight the latest class of brave men and women who have chosen to enter a profession that serves our communities.”