The Cincinnati Fire Department is bigger – as of today. Today is the first day of training for 39 new recruits. Local 12 News Reporter Larry Davis says they begin training today after passing the test three years ago. Among the recruits-a woman and her little brother. 
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory welcomed the 39 recruits to their first day of training. City budget constraints delayed the process for three years after all passed the firefighter exam. 
This was a day Derek and Damara Hunt had long been waiting for. They are brother and sister. …

If you’ve ever washed your car in the driveway and got smacked by an unruly garden hose, you know it’s not the most pleasant feeling.
 
Now imagine wearing 60 pounds of gear and toting a fully-pressurized 3-inch fire hose — weighing about 300 pounds per 100 feet — up a ladder to the roof of a 1½-story building to douse a fire.
 
“Takes teamwork,” said Brian Drerup, the Rockford Fire Department’s training coordinator.
 
He stood on top of the roof of a training structure Wednesday at the Station 6 training academy, 3329 W. …

The Westhampton Beach Fire Department has four new members, bringing the department’s membership to 86 firefighters.
According to Chief Chip Bancroft, James Czachur, Bryan Hoffman, Gypsy Adams and Mario Mendoza have graduated the Suffolk County Fire Academy, each completing 110 hours of firefighter training. They are now all certified as level I firefighters.
“Myself and the other chiefs are very proud of this accomplishment,” said Bancroft.
The fire department, according to Bancroft, is always looking for new members and is currently holding a recruitment drive with a goal to gain another 24 members, bringing the …

The Portland Fire Department is reviewing a training session last Thursday in which two new recruits were hospitalized.
The names of those involved have not been released, nor have their conditions, but the incident itself showed up on a national firefighter watchdog website, causing some controversy.
Acting fire chief, Stephen Smith, says the two recruits were transported to the hospital last week after falling ill during a running exercise.
Smith released a statement saying: “Two of seventeen Portland Fire Department recruits participating in a 3.5 mile group running exercise, which is part of …

Jordan Chapman, 19, of Barrow, and Mark Gibson, 20, of Millom, are two of the eight apprentices who are starting out with Cumbria County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service.
Some 260 applicants applied for the scheme, which will give 18 to 24-year-olds the chance to work towards an Advanced Apprenticeship NVQ Level three diploma in emergency fire service operations.
During the two years they will experience a wide range of duties across the fire and rescue service, including conducting home fire safety visits and attending emergency incidents.
Towards the end of the two …

Firefighters are to be commended for the life-saving work they do every day. But another notch on their belt is the fact that they suit up in layers of clothing on the hottest summer days to fight fires and run into even hotter burning buildings. One of the Fire Academy training procedures is teaching firefighters to withstand the smoldering heat of a summer day in their fire suits.
 
On hot day, fire recruits suit up
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“The summer scorcher can take a toll on anyone who works outside – especially firefighters.”
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The Springfield Fire Department is now accepting applications for the position of firefighter in order to establish a list for the next Fire Training Academy expected to start in late spring or early summer.
Applications are being accepted through 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Applicants may apply at www.springfieldmo.gov/webapps/jobapp/.
Applicants may be eligible if they are at least 18 years old; are high-school graduates or have completed the G.E.D.; have no felony convictions and no serious misdemeanor convictions for the past five years; have vision correctable to 20/30; and are in …

The Crafton Hills College 73rd Basic Firefighter Training Academy Graduation Ceremony took place at the Finkelstein Performing Arts Center on Nov. 18. The 17 cadets were honored by Fire Academy Chief Dan Sullivan and guest speaker Chief Steve Earley of the Riverside City Fire Department.
Certificates were presented by San Bernardino Community College District Trustee-elect Donna Ferracone, Vice President Cheryl Marshall, Interim Vice President Mike Strong, and Dean June Yamamoto.
The members of the newest Fire Academy graduating class from Crafton Hills College are Nick Roberts, of Rialto; Joey Herrera, of Moreno …

The candidates had to sign up in person to take a written exam just to begin the process, said Erica Felix-Warwick, Tulsa Fire Department personnel director.
The firefighter hopefuls outnumbered the total allotted 400 exam positions, she said.
Of the 400 candidates that schedule an exam, only 40 will actually be able to begin training to become a Tulsa Firefighter, she said.
“Even in this economy, it’s a job where people are driven to serve the city,” she said.
Thursday is the first time the fire department has tested potential candidates since January 2009 …

Given the task at hand and the amount of time allotted to achieve it, Del Rio Fire Department officials are calling its 100 percent pass rate on emergency medical certification tests a proud moment.
All 15 of the department’s recruit firefighters passed the national basic emergency medical technician test after a mere two-and-a-half months of preparation.
“This is by far the biggest class we have ever had,” said fire department deputy chief John Sheedy.
Despite this being the largest class, it is also the first time 100 percent of the recruits have passed …