| On Thursday July 10th, Members of the Union Fire Company No. 1 traveled to Wagontown Fire Company to attend the Fire Services Graduation Ceremony. The Ceremony was held to honor the members who had attended the Spring and Summer Fire I Classes, the Spring Fire II Class and, the Spring Pumper/Driver Class run by the Chester County Department of Emergency Services Office Of Fire Training.
We would like to congratulate Lieutenant Greg Paxson, Firefighters Tery Tittle, Brian "Buzz" Slauch, and Firefighter/EMT Shannon Glenn on their successful completion of the Firefighter I course.
The Firefighter I course involves the "basics" of firefighting and emergency services. Students begin by learning CPR and general emergency medical care, National Incident Management guidelines, Hazardous Materials Awareness training, an Introduction to Fire Service Training, the Essentials of Firefighting modules, and a Structural Burn Session. This training, which is approximately 140 hours, is completed within 6 weeks by working two nights per week and on weekends. The class culminates with a test for National Firefighter 1 Certification.
The evening began with an introduction by Chester County Fire Training Coordinator John Weer, followed by the class graduates being led into the facility by the First West Chester Fire Company's color guard and the Chester County Emerald Society's Pipe Band. |
