OWL VFD Celebrates Graduation of Five New Firefighters

Volunteer Firefighter Recruit Graduation Ceremony

OWL VFD graduates of recruit class 22041

On Wednesday, January 12th, at 7:00 p.m., the Prince William County Fire & Rescue System held its Volunteer Firefighter Recruit Graduation Ceremony at the Public Safety Training Center located at 13101 Public Safety Drive in Nokesville, Virginia.

Recruit Class 22041 consisted of 10 recruits who successfully completed six months of rigorous academic and physical training at the System’s Public Safety Training Center. Each student performed 420 hours of training which consisted of 300 hours of Firefighter I & II, 40 hours of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Training, 40 hours of Hazardous Materials Training (up to the Operations level), 5 days of Firefighter Survival Training. 16 hours of Introduction to Technical Rescue and 16 hours of Vehicle Extrication Training. Upon graduation, they will be designated as a Firefighter.

Please join us in congratulating the graduates:

Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton VFD
Sophia Bunce
Drew Hendrix
Richard Lawson
Bao Nguyen
Cameron Wood

Dale City VFD
Bradley Arena
Eric Escalante
Bryanna Sprowls
Kiara Wardak

Manassas VFD
Alex Armstrong