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Recent Fire School Graduates 03/10/16​
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The Columbia County Fire Coordinators office is proud to announce recent graduates to various training schools for the volunteer fire service.

Instructor Joe Laviano taught a Confined Space Awareness course  at Greenport Station 1 with the following attendees;
David Adriance                                 Frederick Goodnow                        David Pulver
Douglas Garrison                             Chris Harris                                       Christopher Pierro
Adam Cozza                                      Nicholas Mazzacano                       Gary Mazzacano Jr.
Tracy Alexander                               John Onufrychuk Jr.                        Frederick Fuchs
Corey Simmons

Stuyvesant Fire Company was the scene of basic exterior operations training lead by Instructor Mike Stelling, Bud Godfroy, Melissa Eigenbrodt and Laviano. Attendees included;
Ricardo DeGroff                               Steven Engel                                     Rachel Gregory
Aaron Lindop                                    Joshua Martin                                  Natasha Moyer
Thomas O’Neil                                 Paul Podmijersky                             Jacob Schemerhorn
Joseeph Scott Jr.                              Desiree Walthour                            James Wright
 
Laviano guided the volunteers through basic trench collapse concepts. Participants were;
Tracy Alexander                               Robert Banks Jr.                               Catherine Donato
Fred Fuchs                                         John Gallant Jr                                  Douglas Garrison
Alan Gearing                                     Chris Harris                                       Chad Hawver
David Levow                                     Gary Mazzacano Sr.                        David Naughton
John Onufrychuk Jr.                        Randy Prazma Jr.                             Edward Roosa
Cory Simmons                                  Chris Pierro
 
Valatie Fire Company hosted a rescue tech basic course lead by Laviano, Godfroy  and Stelling. Basic technicians included;
Gennea Austin                                  Anthony Bashford                           Rustin Dolain
Timothy Hagerott                            William Hunt                                     Paul  Italiano
David Levow                                     Phillip Martel                                    Ryan O’Dowd
Edward Roosa                                  Zachary Usyk
 
Apparatus Operator pump was held at the Clermont Fire station under the guidance of instructor Stelling, completing the eight session training were;
Tracy Alexander                               Ryan Brown                                      Christina Brusakos
Tyler Case                                         Nicholas Decker                               Kyle Hoffman    
Crystal Kilmer                                   Michaela Lawson                            Eric Mortenson
Michael Mortenson                        Natasha Moyer                                Christopher Ogden
Brian Ostrander                               Tyler Winter                                      Collin Brown

Stelling also taught a Firefighter survival class at Churchtown, Survivalists included;
Jason Daniels                                    Ronald Disher                                   Nicholas Decker
Fred Goodnow                                 Christian Haner                                Chad Hawver
Marcus Hinds                                    Jeffrey Hotaling                               Darron Mosher
Chevette Ortiz                                  Edward Waldron                             
 
Volunteers from Columbia and Greene counties teamed up to receive training in live fire Class B foam training to be used in flammable liquid fires, which was taught by staff from  Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Completing the three night course were;
Peter Alberti                                     Kenneth Bauer                                 Eric Besenfelder
Nathan chess                                    Evan Decker                                      Ronald Disher
Joseph Firstium                                Chris Grey                                          Austin Hamilton
Christopher Hendricks                    Peter Hotaling                                  George Keeler
Evan Kerr                                        AnneMarie Leiser                            Patrick McCulloch
Arthur  McGuire                              Justin McMullen                               James Murphy
Arnold Okonski                                 Harold Rivenburgh                          Eric Wellington.  
 
Two firefighter one classes have been completed by our county volunteers. The first one was held in Germantown and had Instructor Gearing as the lead. Successfully completing the 31 session course were;
Mitchell Black                    Nathanial Brown                             Mason Burch
Michael Carpenito            Mikai Carrington                              Jonathon Corbin
Jason Daniels                     Jordan Fuller                                     Nathanael Guerriero
Cryetal Kilmer                    Joe Kinane                                         Brandon Kolb
Eric Mortenson                 Sal Petrianna                                    Michael Race
Brandon Sherman             Justin Taylor

The second class was held at Canaan fire Department with Mike Stelling as the lead instructor. Graduates of this class included;
Carmine Aufiero               Aaron Casanova                              Damien Costa
Benjamin Damgaard        Harle Edwards                                  Daric Eggleston Jr.
Kevin Frederick                  Brandon Gardner                             Steve Gilger
Daniel Glidden                   Garrett Hanson                                Gregory Horst
Thomas Law                      Andrew Lewis                                   Aaron Lindop-Braun
Alan Masten                      Shane McNally                                 Richard Miles
Alexander Mishkin            John O’Donnell                                Josh Pratt
Seth Silvernail                    Crispin Walters

A public graduation ceremony will be held at the Columbia Greene Community College on March 26, 2016 at 10 AM in the Theater of the Arts Building. A small reception will be held following the ceremony, family, friends and fellow firefighters are welcome to attend.