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Georgetown Firefighter Graduates from State Call/Volunteer Training Academy

March 14, 2018 by Jessica Sacco

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Georgetown Fire Department
Fred A. Mitchell Jr., Fire Chief
47 Central Street
Georgetown, MA 01833

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net

Georgetown Firefighter Graduates from State Call/Volunteer Training Academy

Georgetown Firefighter Gregory Salerno, left, with Chief Fred Mitchell following his graduation from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. (Courtesy Photo Georgetown Fire Department)

GEORGETOWN — Chief Fred A. Mitchell Jr. is pleased to announce that Gregory Salerno graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy earlier this month.

Firefighter Salerno completed the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training program Class 68. The ceremony, which was held on March 1 at Pentucket Regional Middle School, recognized the 40 graduates who successfully finished the rigorous program.

A resident of Georgetown, Firefighter Salerno is a certified EMT and has worked with the Georgetown Fire Department since Sept. 1, 2016.

“Firefighter Salerno has been a valued member of the Georgetown Fire Department and I’m proud that he has completed this intensive training,” Chief Mitchell said. “I know he will continue to serve our community well.”

At the academy, firefighters learned the basic skills they need to respond to fires, including how to contain and control them, public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquids, stress management, confined space rescue techniques and rappelling.

To graduate, firefighters were required to complete 240 hours of training, all on nights and weekends, while demonstrating proficiency in life safety, search and rescue, ladder operations, water supply, pump operation and fire attack in situations ranging from mailbox fires to multiple-floor or multi-room structural fires.

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Georgetown Firefighters Graduate from State Firefighting Academy

March 7, 2017 by Jessica Sacco

Georgetown-MA-Alarm-Installation

Georgetown Fire Department
Fred A. Mitchell Jr., Fire Chief
47 Central Street
Georgetown, MA 01833

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net

Georgetown Firefighters Graduate from State Firefighting Academy

Left to right: Firefighter Daniel Higgins, Chief Fred Mitchell and and Firefighter Daniel Manning. (Courtesy Photo Georgetown Fire Department)
Left to right: Deputy Chief Rusty Ricker, Firefighter Daniel Higgins, Chief Fred Mitchell, Firefighter Daniel Manning and his father, Firefighter Jeff Manning. (Courtesy Photo Georgetown Fire Department)

GEORGETOWN — Chief Fred Mitchell is pleased to announce that two firefighters from the Georgetown Fire Department graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy yesterday.

Firefighters Daniel Higgins and Daniel Manning completed the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Class 63. The ceremony, which was held at Pentucket Regional Middle School in Groveland on Monday, March 6 at 7 p.m., recognized 30 men and eight women.

Firefighter Manning, 21, joined the department in August 2014. He previously served as the Vice President of the Georgetown Explorer Post 81. As part of his training, Firefighter Manning received a certificate of completion from Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Command System 100, 200 and 700. He currently works for Shea Concrete.

Firefighter Higgins, 26, joined the department in September 2015. He is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician and has a certificate of completion from FEMA ISC 100, 200 and 700. Firefighter Higgins is part-owner of All Pro Window Cleaning Service.

“I would like to congratulate Firefighter Higgins and Firefighter Manning on completing such a time consuming and rigorous training program,” Chief Mitchell said. “It’s no easy feat to graduate from the fire academy, and I know they will be an essential asset to the department and to the Georgetown community.”

Firefighters learned the basic skills they need to respond to fires, including how to contain and control them, public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquids, stress management, confined space rescue techniques and rappelling.

To graduate, firefighters were required to complete 240 hours of training on nights and weekends, while demonstrating proficiency in life safety, search and rescue, ladder operations, water supply, pump operation and fire attack (ranging from mailbox fires to multiple-floor or multi-room structural fires).

The remaining graduates represent the 14 fire departments of Boxford, Groveland, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Tyngsborough, Wenham and West Newbury.

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