Congratulations and Welcome to NFD's 2011 fall new recruits:

Front Row(left to right) Timothy Castellanos, Mark Dezso, Patrick LeBlanc, John O'Brien, Jonathan Papia

Back Row(left to right) Shawn McCabe, Andrew Handler, Ryan Rooney, Nicholas Arpino, Jamal Stephens

The recruits will be going through an 8 to 10 week recruit training class conducted by the Newton Fire Department Training Division. They will learn the many different aspects of firefighting including use of ladders, ropes, hose line, ariel ladders, and pumpers etc... They will also be trained first responders to handle many of the ever growing emergency medical calls that the depatment responds to everyday. Their training will not end after the recruit class. They will remain probationary firefighters for one year and will continue their training with the new fire companies once assigned,

Over the next several weeks check back for updates and pictures as the recruits make the journey to becoming one of Newton's Bravest!!!!