Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Department of Fire ServicesA Shrewsbury Fire recruit and Call Firefighter graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy on November 5, 2020.
Firefighter Jonathan Evangelou graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighting Training Class 86.
The class graduates were recognized in a ceremony at the Department of Fire Services headquarters in Stow.
“On behalf of the entire department, I want to congratulate Firefighter Evangelou for completing this rigorous training program, which will make him abundantly prepared to further serve the Shrewsbury community,” Fire Chief Vuona said in a statement. “We are looking forward to the day when he will join our full-time ranks.”
According to a press release from the local fire agency, Evangelou has been a call firefighter with the Shrewsbury Fire Department since last November and is first in line on the department’s civil service reserve list, which will result in him being appointed as a full-time firefighter when a position becomes available.
The 16-week training includes basic skills firefighters need to respond to fires, including how to contain and control fires, public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquid control, stress management, firefighter self-rescue, and vehicle extrication.
Firefighter Evangelou was one of 38 graduates representing the fire departments of Athol, Ayer, Barre, Berlin, Carlisle, Dover, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Holden, Hopedale, Leicester, Millville, Oxford, Pepperell, Princeton, Sherborn, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Stow, Tyngsborough, Upton, Uxbridge, West Boylston, and Weston.
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