Recent Fire School Graduates 03/10/16
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.
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.
