ROOKIE_GRADUATION

MIDLEGO CITY ROOKIE GRADUATION

ON APRIL 21, 2008 IT WAS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT MIDLEGO MAYOR THOMAS,
MIDLEGO FIRE CHIEF LUCAS, AND MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERRIFF HUGHES WERE ABLE
TO HOLD A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR 19 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. AMONG THESE
FIREFIGHTERS WERE 12 NEW MCFD FIREFIGHTERS, THE REMAINING 7 WERE GOING
THROUGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS OF BAY LEGO, GREENLEGO, AND
BIRMINGLEGO. OUT OF THE GRADUATING CLASS 1 FIREMEDIC IS ASSIGNED TO
PARAMEDIC TRUCK 1. 3 FIREMEDICS WENT STRAIGHT TO SQUAD 49 AS THEY PROVED
TO BE THE MOST ELITE IN THE CLASS. FROM THE 3 THAT WENT TO SQUAD 49, 1 WENT
ON SHIFT JUST AFTER THE CEREMONY WAS OVER, AND RESPONDED TO HIS FIRST
STRUCTURE FIRE SHORTLY AFTER PUTTING HIS GEAR ON THE TRUCK. THE
REMAINING 8 WERE DIVIDED EVENLY AMONG ENGINES 1,3,4,AND 6. THE DECISION TO
PUT NEW FIREFIGHTERS ON THE BUSIER ENGINES WAS MADE TO GIVE THEM A FAST
BREAK-IN PERIOD FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR AS PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTERS. AFTER
THIS YEAR IS UP THEY WILL BE REASSIGNED TO OTHER ENGINES. ATTENDING THE
CEREMONY WERE ENGINES 3,4, AND TRUCK 1. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE THE
FIREFIGHTERS FAMILIES. THIS CLASS WAS COMPRISED OF 3 FEMALES, AND 17
MALES. ONE OF THE FEMALES WAS DROPPED FROM THE CLASS AFTER SHE WAS
UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE EMT PORTION OF THE CLASS. THE 7
FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE SHOWN GREAT INTEREST IN
APPLYING FOR MCFD AFTER THEY FULFILL THEIR CONTRACTS WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS THEY WERE HIRED FOR, WHICH IS AT THE MOST 2 YEARS.