The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue on Monday night celebrated the promotion of 31 employees and welcomed two new ones at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge.
The 7 p.m. ceremony was open to the public and honored new hires, as well as uniformed officers who were promoted to firefighter technician II, lieutenant, captain and battalion chief, stated 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 were 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.
Battallion chief
Shawn Crispin; Kurt Heindrichs; John Shiflett.
Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.
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