Nearly a dozen members of the Rockford Fire Department are now one step closer to becoming paramedics. Thursday, those 10 firefighters graduated, celebrating their accomplishments after completing 10 months of classroom training. But they aren't paramedics yet, it could be an additional 6 to 8 months before they get all their required hours done on the ambulance to become certified licensed paramedics in the state of Illinois.
"And we take great pride and pleasure in being able to provide the service of training the Rockford firefighters so they can go out and serve the community," said OSF EMS Coordinator A.J. Dilonardo.