On Thursday, July 16th, the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Training Center held a graduation ceremony to recognize those who completed Firefighter I, Firefigter II, or EMT during the spring 2009 session. As usual the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company was well represented. All of these classes take many hours (around 20 hours a week, for 3-6 months) of classroom lectures, training evolutions, and study and practice time away from class. Congratulations and thanks to all the students, instructors, and their friends and families for their support. SVFC members recognized were:
Firefighter 1-2 Certification School
Taylor Bagnall
Andrew Engelken
Matthew Gallegos
Louis Glazer
Dennis Haeberle
Bobby Halouska
Jackson Haskell
Jeffrey Murray
Tanner Purnhagen
Mark Rabideau
Andrew Sullivan
Firefighter 2
Kenneth Krohn
Laureano Avila Mora
EMT Basic
Jeff Lindstrom
Peter Slattery
Matthew Solomon
Special congratulation to Matt Webb, who serves the Leesburg community at Loudoun Rescue and serves Sterling at Sterling Fire. He was recognized as Top Student in the EMT-P program.
Photos by: Jon Hickman
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SVFC Graduates with Deputy Chiefs Rick Opett and Jon Starling, President David Short, and Fire Chief Mickey Buchanan



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