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11/27/16 The Columbia County Fire Coordinator’s Office is proud to announce the following graduates from recent fire schools held throughout the county by our dedicated volunteer fire forces.

Basic Structural Collapse Operations was taught at the Taghkanic Fire Department, with Instruction by NYS SFI Laviano; graduates include;
Carmine Aufiero               Michael Burgazoli Sr.                      Donald Coons Jr.              Roanlad Disher Jr.
Donald Coons Sr.              Russell Corcoran                              Evan Decker                       Larry Domkoski Sr.
Fred Goodham                  Arthur Griffith                                   Codel Hall                           William Hilscher
Lawrence Kadish               Vincent Kobos Jr.                             David Koehler                    Lloyd Kukon
Anthony LaSalvia              David Levow                                     Arthur McGuire                 Carmen Nero
Andrew Soltano                Edward Waldron

Laviano was also the lead Instructor for e Fire Behavior Arson Awareness course held in Kinderhook. Attendees included;
 Mary Carr-Perez              Evan Decker                                      Rustin Dolan                      Larry Domkowski Jr.
Larry Eisen                         Damin Gansowski                            Mark Graziano                  Courtney Haner
Traci Lane                          David Levow                                     Keren Loefler                     Phillip Martel
Jeff Mayes Jr.                    Thomas Mueller                                Chevett Ortiz                     Larry Ostrander
Douglas Park                      Randy Prazma Jr.                             Alan Roehr Jr.                    Seth Silvernail
Timothy Stever                  Joseph Thorn Jr.
 
Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations training was held in  ****** under the direction of SFI Mike Stelling. Graduating firefighters were:
David Baylen                      Jessica Campeta                              Larry Gaylord                     Julie Johnson-Fels
Christopher Morehouse                                                              Austin Murray                    David Park
Stuart Peckner                   Matthew Rogers                              Edward Sperl Jr.                Robin Winters
Joseph Scott
 
SFI Bud Godfroy and the Mellenville Fire Department conducted Safety Officer training; successful attendees were;
Jeffrey French                   Timothy Teaney                               David Gambacorta           Edward Jacklin
Gennea Austin                   Tylie Winters                                    David Naughton              Thomas Rector
Chris Harris                        Scott Brundage                                William Hunt                      Edward Roosa
Justin Elliot

Instructor Godfroy lead a contingent of fourteen through Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations at Clermont, graduates included;
David Levow                      Laurence Saulpaugh                        Bruce Potts                        Joshua Williams
Collin Brown                      Natasha Moyer                                Ryan Brown                       Christopher Ogden
Fred Gooderham              Evan Decker                                      Scott Brundage                 Roy Brown
Bradford Greene

Instructor Stelling guided twelve county firefighters through fire police training in New Lebanon. New fire police persons are;
David Adriance                  David Baylen                                     Jennifer Constantine        Larry Enoch
Shane Honeyman             Amanda Humphry                            Harold Sharp                      June Sheline
Brandon Shufelt Dawn Slater                                      Lisa Waters                        Robert Waters
 
Greenport Fire Department and Instructor Godfroy spent eight nights learning Engine Company Operations. Firefighters;
Frederick Fuchs                 Christopher Pierro                           Tracy Alexander                John Onufrychuk Jr.
Douglas Garrison              Mark Taylor                                      Corey Simmons                 Chris Harris
Justin Taylor                      Edward Roosa 
completed the training.

Instructor Laviano and the New Lebanon Fire Station were the conduit for a Trench Rescue Awareness Level training that had the following participants;
Jennifer Constantine        Larry Domkowski Jr.                       Steven Gilger                     Gregg Gilliland
Michael Guido                   Amanda Humphrey                         Matthew Larabee             Richard Lindmark
Robert Reining Jr.             Joshua Schuster                               Lisa Waters                        Robert Waters
Benjamin Wheeler            Russell Wheeler
 
Landing Zane Training was sponsored by the Churchtown Fire Company, with the following county volunteers attending;
David Adriance                  Len Edwards                                     Dennis Callahan                Charlie Seay
Jim Cesternino                  Larry Ostrander                                Brian Ostrander                Marie Ostrander
Martin Baumgold              Tom Yang                                          Anthony Krein IV               Andrew O’Neill
Sarah Langdon                  Anne Leiser                                       Douglas Park                      David Park
Michael Bortugno             Francis Bortugno                             Jacob Bortugno                 Chris Carlsen
Ryan O’Dowd                    Nathan Chess                                   Daryl Garafalo                   Bill Hunt
Charles Niles                      Buddy Molinski                                 Frank Langdon                   Lloyd Kukon
 
As the heating season is now underway, please be sure to have whatever type of heating system you use  cleaned and serviced for optimum efficiency. Please have a working carbon monoxide detector. If you heat with wood or pellets please handle the ash generated by these heat sources carefully, and store in metal containers away from any combustible materials.