Recruit Firefighters Graduate State Firefighting Academy
State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director Edmund M. Walker are pleased to announce the graduation of the 188th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s sixty-day Recruit Firefighting Program on September 24, 2010. “This rigorous professional training provides our newest firefighters with the basic skills to perform their jobs effectively and safely,” Coan said. The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, a division of the Department of Fire Services, offers this program, tuition-free. The ceremony took place at the Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough, MA.
45 Graduates from 25 Fire Departments
The 46 graduates, 44 men and two women, represent the 20 departments of: Acton, Attleboro, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Canton, Devens, Fitchburg, Framingham, Holbrook, Holden, Ipswich, Longmeadow, Lowell, Milton, North Attleboro, North Reading, Oxford, Stow, Swampscott, Wakefield, Walpole, West Springfield, Westfield and Wilmington.
MFA Deputy Director Mark Pare Addressed Recruits
Massachusetts Fire Academy Deputy Director Mark Pare was on the Providence Fire Department for 29 years, retiring as assistant chief. He served from 2008-2010 as chief of the Wrentham Fire Department and joined the Fire Academy as deputy director in May 2010. He has been an instructor with the Rhode Island Fire Academy for 20 years and is a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.
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