Ten New Firefighters
Welcomed into the Redmond Fire Department
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
November 14, 2016
CONTACT
Lisa Maher, Communications & Marketing Manager
lmaher@redmond.gov
425-556-2427
REDMOND, WA -
The City
of Redmond Fire Department welcomed ten new Firefighters to the department
during graduation ceremonies on November 10, 2016. Fire Chief Tommy Smith and
Redmond Mayor John Marchione recited the “Oath of Office” and issued the
graduated recruits their fire department badges.
The new
Firefighters have been assigned to their shifts and stations after spending
more than 16 weeks in recruit training with the East Side Metro Training
Academy and fire service instructors from the Redmond Fire Department.
Firefighters began their training by practicing Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT) skills that will used be during cardiac arrests and complex trauma and
medical emergencies in the field. The
training moves on to 12 weeks of learning basic and advanced firefighting
skills that builds on teamwork while working in dangerous environments. The
Fire Academy is an intense course that is physically and mentally demanding and
designed to push individuals and teams to learn how to handle dynamic fire situations
with confidence while stressing safety.
The
newly graduated Probationary Firefighters (FF) include: FF Tesa Betz, FF
Reichle Erchinger, FF Heather Herdt, FF Joshua Hughes, FF Joseph Lee, FF Austin
Marshall, FF Russell Reece, FF Loren Seefried, FF Joel Swift and FF Dylan
Walsh.
It
takes almost a year to hire and train new firefighters through a very
competitive recruiting process. The ten Probationary Firefighters were selected
from more than 200 applicants and only after weeks of pre-screening interviews,
background checks, psychological and medical evaluations and ultimately the
Fire Chief interview for final selections to attend the recruit academy. “The
recruits have excelled in their training to become firefighters,” Chief Smith
said, “I’m extremely proud of these firefighters and know they will serve the
citizens of Redmond and Fire District 34 with great pride and service.”
For questions and more information contact Lisa Maher, Communications & Marketing Manager, at lmaher@redmond.gov or 425-556-2427. This press release is available on www.redmond.gov.
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