Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services introduced 19 new firefighters April 12 during a graduation ceremony at Woodstock First Baptist Church.
The recruits who graduated are Ian Banks, Steven Barrett, Nicole Collett, Rickey Fairchild, Kianna Fournier, Brayden Hamilton, Tyler Harris, Jacob Householder, Nicholas Janflone, Kevin Jones, Jeremiah Lutz, Payton McCluskey, Landon Miller, Isaiah Powell, David Senegal, Caleb Strunk, Tyler Thomas, Charles Toburen and Jaden Walker.
Three awards were presented to select graduates during the ceremony. Recruit Instructor Jim Laughlin presented the Douglas Clark Waters Jr. Award to Toburen. This award was named after Sgt. Douglas Clark Waters Jr., a Cherokee County career firefighter who was killed in the line of duty in 2003 while serving as a volunteer firefighter at the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department.