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Timothy Beaudoin, Newberry City Fire Department, and 21 other recruits recently graduated from the S.C. Fire Academy. Courtesy photo NEWBERRY Timothy Beaudoin, Newberry City Fire Department, graduated from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy (eight-week firefighter candidate school in Columbia) on Dec. 4. Beaudoin, along with 21 other recruits, underwent a 320-hour training program of classroom and hands-on firefighting skills development. Keynote speaker was Chief William Broscious, Columbia Fire Department. “This challenging program requires commitment, passion, and dedication,” Fire Academy Superintendent Dennis Ray said. “These recruits have successfully worked together as a team, performed extensive hands-on training with live fires, and passed intensive practical skills evaluations and written tests to meet the National Fire Protection Association standards.”

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