Goshen, N.Y. – Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus attended the County’s Firefighter 1 January graduation ceremony on Wednesday night at the County’s Emergency Services Center in Goshen.
Neuhaus was joined at the graduation by Orange County Commissioner of Emergency Services Brendan Casey, Deputy Commissioner of Fire Services Vini Tankasali, and Orange County Fire Training Chief Jim McCann.
“It takes dedication and commitment to become a firefighter, and I’m proud to honor the accomplishments of this class,” Neuhaus said. “Congratulations to the graduates, along with the training instructors and participating fire departments on a successful program. These brave men and women have made a commitment to public service and have shown a willingness to risk their own lives to save others, which is admirable and should be acknowledged by all.”
The Firefighter 1 graduating class consisted of 40 men and women from these 21 County Fire Departments: Campbell Hall, Chester, Circleville, Coldenham, Cronomer Valley, Goshen, Greenville, Mechanicstown, Middle Hope, Middletown, Monroe, Orange Lake, Otisville, Port Jervis, Salisbury Mills, Silver Lake, Slate Hill, Vails Gate, Walden, Warwick and Winona Lake. Training for the interior firefighter portion of the course was conducted in an accelerated format from November 18th of last year until December 10th.
“I would like to congratulate the 40 students for completing the Firefighter 1 program,” Tankasali said. “The completion of this 129-hour course illustrates the commitment and selfless dedication of each of the graduates to their own community and municipalities throughout Orange County.”
For more information, contact Justin Rodriguez, Assistant to the County Executive for Communications and Media Relations at 845.291.3255 or jrodriguez@orangecountygov.com.
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Orange County Firefighter 1 Graduates
(January, 2018)
Eric Barone, Middletown Fire Department (FD)
Nicholas Barrett, Silver Lake FD
Joseph Bonsignore, Warwick FD
Lucas Carney, Monroe FD
Daniel Carrazzone, Middle Hope FD
Sabrina Chable, Middle Hope FD
Diane Coppola, Otisville FD
Paige Cosgrove, Winona Lake FD
John Crisano Jr., Chester FD
Frank DeGennaro, Monroe FD
Harry Edwards Jr., Walden FD
Russell Garrison, Coldenham FD
Elisa Grosso, Mechanicstown FD
Chris Gunderson, Circleville FD
Garrett Gyuro, Warwick FD
Bernard Hagan, Middletown FD
Rachid Hamid, Monroe FD
Ryan Hazekamp, Vails Gate FD
Patrick Kiesow, Port Jervis FD
Iris Kurman, Cronomer Valley FD
Thomas Lampreau, Warwick FD
Dustin Laughman, Circleville FD
Robert LoForese, Warwick FD
James McGraw, Orange Lake FD
Justin McHugh, Campbell Hall FD
Brian Morse, Goshen FD
Harold Murray, Salisbury Mills FD
Joshua Myers, Cronomer Valley FD
Wade Noller, Vails Gate FD
Alexander Pabon, Circleville FD
Jacob Patane, Goshen FD
Stephen Petersen, Monroe FD
Brian Peterson, Greenville FD
Yesid Pino, Chester FD
Kevin Predmore Jr., Middletown FD
Sherman Schaller, Slate Hill FD
Tyler Sullivan, Circleville FD
Grace VanderSchaaf, Circleville FD
Scott Vitale, Salisbury Mills FD
Thomas Weinert, Circleville FD