Tonight Thurs 1/14/16, 6 Mohegan Firefighters officially graduated their NYS Firefighter I curriculum at the Westchester County Dept of Emergency Services Fire Training Center in Valhalla. Tonight's ceremony of 84 volunteer firefighters included bagpipes by the Westchester County Firefighters Emerald Society, and speeches by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the WCDES Chiefs, and WCDES Commissioner John Cullen. The Westchester County Volunteer Firemen's Association was also on hand. The NYS Firefighter I training now includes Hazardous Material Operations training and Firefighter Survival training, which totals approximately 100 hours of combined training! This training, plus our dept's annual bailout training now qualifies these members as interior firefighters. Tonight we congratulate the following:

FF Dan Ferreira (Class 15-99)
FF Andrew Boddie (Class 15-99)
FF Marshal Montenegro (Class 15-127)
FF Greg Rivera (Class 15-127)
FF Gabriel Rivera (Class 15-127)
FF Ian Tumulty (Class 15-127)

Other Mohegan FD members attending tonight's ceremony to congratulate our graduates included:
Capt Chris Gravius
Lt Eric Hirsch
FF Keith Boddie
FF Travis Mueller
NYS Fire Instructor/Deputy Chief George Keesler (FFI Class 15-127 Instructor)