By WHAV Staff |
Graduates of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Class 91. (Courtesy photograph.)
Firefighters from Groveland, West Newbury and Merrimac were among 40 graduates of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Class 91.
Groveland firefighters Christen Grugnale, Matthew Guy and Robert Hoffman, West Newbury’s Andrea Ball and Merrimac’s William Howard were awarded certificates of completion on Tuesday, June 29, at the Department of Fire Services Stow campus.
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and Deputy State Fire Marshal Maribel Fournier said 11 of the 40 are women, representing more than a quarter of the graduates and are the largest number in any Recruit Training Class since the Academy was created in 1971.
By WHAV Staff |
March 8, 2021
Kyle Lepore and Matthew Ortins of the Haverhill Fire Department and Sarah Capuano and Kevin Smiertelny of the North Andover Fire Department were among 17 firefighters from 12 fire departments training at the Academy’s Stow campus. (Courtesy photograph.)
Two firefighters each from Haverhill and North Andover graduated Friday from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program, while another Haverhill resident graduated Feb. 27 from the Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training.
Kyle Lepore and Matthew Ortins of the Haverhill Fire Department and Sarah Capuano and Kevin Smiertelny of the North Andover Fire Department were among 17 firefighters from 12 fire departments training at the Academy’s Stow campus.
8 Franklin County firefighters earn certificates of completion
The Franklin County graduates of the Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighting Training Class No. 79. The graduation ceremony was held in Springfield on Oct. 30. Back row, left to right, Sunderland firefighters Joshua Manheim and John Sullivan, Hadley firefighter Liam Higgins, Orange firefighter Nathaniel O’Lari and Leverett firefighter Torsten Bidwell. Front row, left to right, Shutesbury firefighter Jonah Meyer, Sunderland firefighter Timothy Gochinski, New Salem firefighter Michael Sorenson and Charlemont firefighter Ryan Martin. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Orange Fire Chief James Young, firefighter Nathaniel O’Lari and Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey. O’Lari graduated from the Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighting Training Class No. 79, and was one of eight Franklin County firefighters to do so. O’Lari is also an assistant coach of the Worcester State University’s field hockey team, and his player
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy (MFA) Director David C. Evans announced the graduation of 27 members of the Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Class #88. Among these graduates are Tanelle Ciempa of the Adams Fire Department, Trevor DeRis of the Great Barrington Fire department, Charllee Sanchez-Rios of the North Adams Fire Department and William Graves, William Kipp, and Jamieson Williams all of the Hancock Fire Department. First responders are on the frontlines protecting their communities and these newest firefighters are needed now more than ever. We have taken greater advantage of online learning technology, reduced group training size to increase social distancing, implemented screening, and required mask-wearing to keep our instructors and students as safe as possible during these uncertain times, MFA Director Evans said.