Friday, April 26, 2024
The Granbury Volunteer Fire Department Fire Academy’s recent graduation ceremony provided graduates an opportunity to demonstrate their newly-learned skills for friends and family members. COURTESY OF GVFD
Training Lieutenant Diego Guerrero, front row center, in gray shirt, smiles proudly while standing among the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department Fire Academy’s newest graduates. Seventeen new volunteer firefighters graduated from the Academy on June 3. COURTESY OF GVFD
Seventeen new firefighters graduated from the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department Fire Academy on Saturday, June 3.
The men and women attended Saturday classes at the Academy over a period of several months.
The rookie firefighters will serve at five of the county’s nine volunteer fire departments: Cresson, DeCordova, Indian Harbor, Oak Trail Shores, Tolar, and Granbury. Two graduates will serve at volunteer fire departments in Bluff Dale and Morgan Mill, which are in Erath County.
Following the graduation ceremony, the graduates demonstrated for their friends and family members their ability to fight structure fires, propane tank fires, and vehicle fires.
According to a news release from the GVFD, many of the county’s volunteer fire departments supported the Fire Academy by providing instructors. Training Lieutenant Diego Guerrero thanked the instructors for their commitment in helping to train the newest class of firefighters.
The next Fire Academy will begin in the fall. Those interested should contact the GVFD online at GVFD.org or call Granbury’s Station No. 1 at 817-579-1111.
