Provided by Prince William Department of Fire and Rescue
On Friday, Aug. 3 at 10:00 a. m., the Department of Fire and Rescue held its graduation ceremony for Recruit Class 2018-1 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas. Assistant Chief James Forgo presided over the ceremony.
Class 2018-1 consists of Fire and Rescue Technicians who successfully completed 28 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training at the Department’s Public Safety Training Center in Nokesville. Each student performed in excess of 1,200 hours of training. The training consisted of one week of Orientation/Study Skills/Health, Nutrition and Fitness, seven weeks of Emergency Medical Training, 14 weeks of Fire Training, and six weeks of Specialized Training.
Fire and Rescue Chief Kevin McGee announced the following graduates:
Jason Adkins William Brown Brent Gromer Chet Prailey
Katherine Adzemovic Xavier Brown John Kelley Anthony Saville
Nicolas Alexander Katie Clarke Kevin Knesley Nathan Smith
Edson Appleton Colby Corso Michael Loblanco Kyle Staples
Petros Bein Brandon Cox Gabriel Lunders Ryan Svetic
Lee Bergstreser Eric DiBucci Maia Matalon Amy Usher
Brittany Bishop Christopher Drago Rafael Miera Martinez John Wallace
Seth Boggs Cody Durham Joseph O’Dell Marc Walsh
Daniel Bragg Michael J. Foster Joshua Otton Berkley Waterbury
Wade Brown John Fricchione John Payette
