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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687
Duty PIO (Weekends/After-hours): 703-280-0694
Media Information Line: 703-324-3000
Email: fire-rescue.Pa-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire
2/11/2008
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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department |
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124th Recruit School Graduation Ceremony |
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Friday, February 15, 2008, 7 p.m. |
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Fairfax County Government Center Auditorium
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, Virginia
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Since September 2007, recruit firefighters from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department have been training to respond to hazardous materials incidents, vehicle extrication operations, swift water emergencies, confined space rescue, fire suppression, and emergency medical incidents. The 21-week recruit firefighter/EMT course is both physically and mentally strenuous. The 23 firefighter recruits will officially become professional firefighters/EMTs upon graduation.
Gregory B. Cade, Assistant Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA), Fire Administrator, United States Fire Administration (USFA), will be the keynote speaker. Appointed in May 2007, Assistant Administrator Cade is responsible for supporting state and local fire service programs as well as implementing FEMA’s preparedness initiatives for emergency readiness, firefighter training, and equipment.
Before his appointment, Assistant Administrator Cade was the Fire/Emergency Services Coordinator for the City of Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department. He began his career in Prince George’s County, Maryland as a firefighter, rising through the ranks as the Bureau Chief, Division of Fire/Rescue, before leaving to become the Fire Chief of the City of Hampton, Virginia.
Assistant Administrator Cade earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland and completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He received the Victoria J. Adams Award for Excellence in Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action from the Virginia Department of Fire Programs in 1997.
For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raúl G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY 711. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.
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