Fire and rescue to promote members tonight

The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue will celebrate the promotion of 31 employees and welcome two new ones, tonight at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge.

The 7 p.m. ceremony is open to the public and will honor new hires, as well as uniformed officers who are being promoted to Firefighter Technician II, Lieutenant, Captain and Battalion Chief, stated Department of Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander.

The department is made up of 506 members, both from career and volunteer members, who are charged with fighting fires and responding to disaster situations and medical emergencies throughout the county.

The following members will be recognized:

NEW EMPLOYEES
Steve McGraw, Advanced Life Support Training Specialist

Ralph Phillips, Construction Inspector

TECHNICIAN II
Alison Bischoff, Shawn Bliss, Stanley Helstowski, Casey Hennessey,
Paul Lapointe, Timothy Luke, Daniel McGee, Stephen Melville,
Michael Mountain, Thomas Muse, Mark Nicol, Jason Patton,
Nicholas Ramos, Thomas Rish

LIEUTENANT
Dan Acosta, Christopher Adams, Tyler Cirillo, Christopher Eddy,
Kenard Golston, Robert Howard, Tammy Kronebusch,
Justin LeFever, Patrick McClelland, Kevin Richards,Paul Smiljanich

CAPTAIN
Jon Artone, James Paul, Richard Scott

BATTALION CHIEF
Shawn Crispin, Kurt Heindrichs, John Shiflett

Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.