pstyle–13112132966080–stylepp classMsoNormalspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinFourteen new volunteer firefighters wererecognized by the Purcellville Town Council at its meeting recently.spanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinbrspanpp classMsoNormal stylemso-paginationnonemso-layout-grid-alignnonetext-autospacenonespan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinRecognized by the Mayor andCouncil for their accomplishment werespan stylemso-spacerunyesnbsp spanspanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-bidi-font-familyCalibriAlex Bennett Conor Cosgrove CyrusDennis Joshua Kyriazi Grant Marshall Ashlynne Meiklejohn Tyler MoxleyJackson Page Brandon Powell Stephanie Salomon Jamie Stephens Pierce TaylorStephanie Yocum and Lisa Braun.spanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-bidi-font-familyCalibribrspanpp classMsoNormalspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinThe new volunteer firefighters have committedover 160 hours of basic firefighting training either through the County everyweekend for one whole day and two nights each week for 5 monthsspan stylemso-spacerunyesnbsp spanto complete the State and County mandatedrequirements for firefighters. span stylemso-spacerunyesnbspspanspanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinbrspanpp classMsoNormalspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinIn addition to mastering basic firefightingskills they also concluded specialized training in vehicle extraction andrescue LP gas emergencies and emergency firefighter extrication techniques.All of this is in addition to approximately 40 hours of Company-requiredtraining prior to fire schoolspan stylemso-spacerunyesnbsp spanandadditional required County training in hazardous materials operations.spanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinbrspanpp classMsoNormalspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinCompany 2 has added 49 new certified volunteerfirefighters to its rolls since 2007 with an additional 13 recruits currentlyin or about to begin fire training in this years cycle.spanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinbrspanpp classMsoNormalspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinAll of these firefighters are assigned to aduty crew and have been operating as a member of that crew since theirinduction to the Company many months ago helping to provide 247 professionalfirefighting coverage for our community. They join a volunteer Company now over100 members strong providing over 35000 volunteer hours in duty crew time peryear alone excluding training hours noted above serving the Town ofPurcellville and outlying areas.span stylemso-spacerunyesnbsp spanThosehours translate into a savings of about 2.8 million in salaries and benefitsbased on the compensation package of an entry level firefighter in thisCounty.span stylemso-spacerunyesnbsp spanspanspan stylefont-familyCalibrimso-ascii-theme-fontmajor-latinmso-hansi-theme-fontmajor-latinbrspanppp
Town Recognizes New Vounteer Firefighters
