The Idaho Falls Fire Department is proud to introduce 15 new firefighters to the community. The recruits graduated March 24 from a 10-week academy – the department’s largest recruit academy to date.
Surrounded by a room full of family and department personnel, the recruits were officially sworn in as firefighters by Fire Chief Duane Nelson. Loved ones pinned badges on the graduates’ uniforms.
“Becoming a firefighter has been a lifelong goal, and I am honored to be serving with the Idaho Falls Fire Department,” recruit Donovan Hendrix says in a news release.
The recruits were trained in-house by IFFD staff. They received training in areas such as fire behavior, wildland firefighting, rope rescue, forcible entry, vehicle extrication and Emergency Medical Services.