Twenty-eight to Graduate from Fire Academy

May 29th, 2008

Twenty-eight firefighters from Mobile, Saraland and Atmore, of which twenty-six will work for Mobile Fire-Rescue, will graduate and receive their badges and fire helmets on Friday, May 30, 2008 after having completed approximately nineteen weeks of training at the department’s training academy. Mayor Sam Jones is scheduled to address the graduating class at the ceremony which begins at 11 a.m. at the Saenger Theatre located at 6 Joachim Street in downtown Mobile.

In addition to physical requirements and demands, each recruit spent over 640 hours, meeting the academic requirements necessary to become firefighters in the State of Alabama. These hours consisted of classroom studies as well as hands on training in 21 subject areas. While attending the Mobile Fire-Rescue Training Academy, each recruit met the requirements set by the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards Commission in obtaining their Firefighter I and II certification, as well as, Hazardous Materials Awareness and Fire Inspector I certifications. All recruits also passed and received their State and National Registry license for Basic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B).

Those graduating are:

Mobile Fire-Rescue

Walter Anderson, Jr.
Christopher L. Leytham
Derrick J. Butler
Shaun R. Matone
David Calhoun
Christopher A. May
Todd Culpepper
Ben McAdams
Jeff Eberlein
Chris Mitchum
Brian G. Fike
Christopher D. Odom
Alex Hart
Justin L. Parker
Mikey Hendrich, Jr.
Howard J. Popple
Charles A. Hines
Michael C. Riley
Raymond W. Hoven
Adam B. Rothenberg
Howard E. Johnson
David T. Saraceno
Leslie W. Lampe
Justin R. Tillman
Jason S. Lesure
Ryan J. Wilkins

Saraland Fire-Rescue

Micah Miller

Atmore Fire-Rescue

Dustin Wallace