Congratulations to our four Truro graduates, Dan King, Daren Compton, Lucas Tourgee, and Derrick Douquette, of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on February 2, 2024!

Congratulations to our four Truro graduates, (right to left) Dan King, Daren Compton, Lucas Tourgee, and Derrick Douquette, of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on February 2, 2024!

The 24 graduates of Class #BW28 Represent 14 Massachusetts Fire Departments (Brewster, Dennis, Duxbury, Easton, Hingham, Mashpee, North Attleboro, Reading, Saugus, Truro, Walpole, Wellfleet, Westborough, and Yarmouth).

Students receive classroom training in all basic firefighter skills. They practice first under non-fire conditions and then during controlled fire conditions. To graduate, students must demonstrate proficiency in life safety, search and rescue, ladder operations, water supply, pump operation, and fire attack. Fire attack operations range from mailbox fires to multiple-floor or multiple-room structural fires. Upon successful completion of the Career Recruit Program, all students have met the national standards of NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, and are certified to the levels of Firefighter I/II and Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations by the Massachusetts Fire Training Council, which is accredited by the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.