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Judge Charles Floyd (right) swears in Fayette County Fire & Emergency Services new firefighter/EMT recruits, (from left to right) Richard Ryckeley, Chris Rogers, (Hapeville Fire Department) Bryan Porterfield (Hapeville Fire Department) Matthew Noel, Matthew Lanze, Phillip Harris, Jared Babb.

The Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services Firefighter Cadet Class of April 2010 Graduation.

Cadets:

Jared Babb
Philip Harris
Matthew Lanza
Matthew Noel
Richard Ryckeley
Chris Rogers (Hapeville Fire Department)
Bryan Porterfield (Hapeville Fire Department)

All Fayette County Firefighter Cadets are certified as National Registry Emergency Medical Technicians and licensed as EMTs by the State of Georgia and have completed a 12-week 480-hour Fire School that is based on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 1001) curriculum. After graduation, the cadets will be certified as Firefighter I and Firefighter II through the Professional Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications-NPQ. Additional training included Defensive Driving-Coaching the Emergency Vehicle Operator and Fire and Ambulance CEVO I and II, CPR-Health Care Provider, a 16-hour Vehicle Extrication class, 40-hour Hazmat Awareness and Operations class, National Incident Management System (NIMS) 100 and 700. The training was not only classroom time but twice a day the cadets had physical fitness training as well as numerous days training at the Burn Building performing firefighting drills. The class was instructed by Lt. Scott Roberts and was conducted Monday through Friday with some weekend training involved. Once the Fayette County Cadets have graduated, they will be deployed to the daily operations of the fire department and function as EMTs and firefighters.

Matthew Lanza came with 3 years experience from Troup County and along with Babb, Harris, Ryckeley, and Rogers all are graduates of Fayette County schools. After graduation, Rogers and Porterfield are employed by Hapeville Fire Department. Noel and Porterfield are from the Douglas County area.

Lt. Roberts said, "It was an honor working with the cadets and wishes them the best in their Fire Service careers."

Chief McCullough said, the fire department established a goal over eighteen months ago to employ only those who are already EMT certified and this has been achieved for the first time in the history of the department since January 1983 where all firefighter cadets hired had already obtained EMT certification. This saves taxpayer funds to avoid this training cost and allows the new staff to be fully functional and operational upon deployment. We are very proud of our newest Fire and Emergency Services team members and celebrate with both them and their families in their new career in serving our citizens of Fayette County.

On Monday, April 12, Firefighter and Paramedic Jeff Roach (pictured above on left) was recognized by the local American Legion post for his outstanding public safety service to the community. Jeff was nominated for the award by his peers and is very deserving of this high honor. Jeff's nomination for the award was because of his leadership ability among his co-workers that improves the quality of services provided to the citizens by the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.


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