FIREFIGHTERS who graduated from the Maine Fire Service Institute’s Officer Training Academy are pictured here. Front row, left to right, Bailey Keating (Lewiston Fire Department); Mark Caron (Lewiston FD); Dustin Barry (Gardiner FD); Adelbert Hume (Augusta FD); Timothy Krug (Calais FD); and Robert Chandler (Bath FD). Back row, left to right, Jonathan Gay (York FD); Jason Decker (Augusta FD); Joshua Shean (Brunswick FD); Alex Arsenault (Boothbay FD); John Moulton (Sanford FD); Amanda Cloutier (Topsham FD); Dustin Freeman (Augusta FD); Micah Ruel (Rochester, N.H., FD); Ryan Guay (Lisbon Falls FD); Scott Susi (Caribou FD); Christopher Whytock (Rockland FD); Carlos Ortiz (Lewiston FD); Michael Poirier (Augusta FD); Christopher Washburn (Auburn FD); and Alfred Carter (Windham FD).
Twenty-one Maine firefighters have completed rigorous training and graduated from the Maine Fire Service Institute’s Officer Training Academy to prepare them for leadership roles at fire departments across the state.
A graduation ceremony was held Saturday, March 19, at the Maine Fire Service Institute on the Southern Maine Community College Midcoast Campus in Brunswick. The institute is a department of SMCC and provides training and education services to Maine’s firefighters.
The weeklong academy focused on legal issues, budgeting, media relations, conflict resolution and other topics that are part of the job for chiefs and other fire officials. Those who complete the academy meet the training requirements for national fire officer certification through the Pro Board Fire Service Professional Qualifications System, also known as Pro Board.
Firefighters who graduated from the Maine Fire Service Institute’s Officer Training Academy came from 14 communities in Maine and New Hampshire, including Bath, Brunswick, Lisbon and Topsham.
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