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.
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.