MIDLEGO CITY ROOKIE GRADUATION
ON APRIL 21, 2008 IT WAS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT THE MIDLEGO CITY MAYOR,
MIDLEGO FIRE CHIEF LUCAS, AND MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERIFF, WERE ABLE TO HOLD
A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR 19 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. AMONG THESE
FIREFIGHTERS WERE 12 NEW MCFD FIREFIGHTERS, THE REMAINING 7 WERE GOING
THROUGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS OF BAY LEGO, GREENLEGO, AND
BIRMINGLEGO. OUT OF THE GRADUATING CLASS 1 FIREMEDIC IS ASSIGNED TO
PARAMEDIC TRUCK 1. 3 FIREMEDICS WENT STRAIGHT TO SQUAD 49 AS THEY PROVED
TO BE VERY SKILLED IN RESCUE AND CONFINED SPACE. FROM THE 3 THAT WENT TO
SQUAD 49, 1 WENT ON SHIFT JUST AFTER THE CEREMONY WAS OVER, AND
RESPONDED TO HIS FIRST STRUCTURE FIRE SHORTLY AFTER PUTTING HIS GEAR ON
THE TRUCK. THE REMAINING 8 WERE DIVIDED EVENLY AMONG ENGINES 1,3,4,AND 6.
THE DECISION TO PUT NEW FIREFIGHTERS ON THE BUSIER ENGINES WAS MADE TO
GIVE THEM A FAST BREAK-IN PERIOD FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR AS PROBATIONARY
FIREFIGHTERS. AFTER THIS YEAR IS UP THEY WILL BE REASSIGNED TO OTHER
ENGINES. ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE ENGINES 3,4, AND TRUCK 1. ALSO IN
ATTENDANCE WERE THE FIREFIGHTERS FAMILIES. THIS CLASS WAS COMPRISED OF 3
FEMALES, AND 17 MALES. ONE OF THE FEMALES WAS DROPPED FROM THE CLASS
AFTER SHE WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE EMT PORTION OF THE
CLASS. THE 7 FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE SHOWN GREAT
INTEREST IN APPLYING FOR MCFD AFTER THEY FULFILL THEIR CONTRACTS WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS THEY WERE HIRED FOR, WHICH IS AT THE MOST 2 YEARS.
LEFT
FIRE CHIEF
SPEAKING

RIGHT
MAYOR
PUTTING HIS 2
CENTS IN
LEFT
FIREFIGHTER
GETTING PINNED
AND SHAKING
MAYORS HAND


RIGHT
BETTER VIEW OF
BADGE PINNING
LEFT
ANOTHER BADGE
PINNING


RIGHT
SWAPPING GEAR
WITH THE
SHERRIFF
LEFT
SWEARING IN NEW
FIREFIGHTERS
INTO DUTY


RIGHT
FIREFIGHTERS
SWEARING IN
LEFT
THE CHIEF
"I NOW PRESENT
TO YOU THE
GRADUATING
CLASS OF 2008-1."

RIGHT
THE CHIEF, MAYOR,
CLASS, AND
CROWN ENGINE