Firefighter Cadets to Graduate

Solano Community College (SCC) is celebrating the graduation of its 94th Fire Academy, graduating 18 cadets on Friday, December 12, 2014, at the SCC Vacaville Center. The ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. Chief Vince Webster, Fairfield Fire Department (Retired), will be the keynote speaker.

The College’s Fire Fighter I Academy has a 99% graduation rate. Cadets must complete a one-year internship prior to being hired by a fire department.

Richard MacKenzie, SCC Academy Administrator/Fire Instructor, commented, “The Fire Fighter I Academy prepares cadets for careers in Fire Rescue. I, along with Chief Curt Henke, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department (Retired), and Chief Steve Vucurevich, Benicia Fire Department (Retired), are graduates of the SCC Fire Academy. The program has been revamped with an increase in required hours. In addition, the course content meets state requirements to become a Fire Fighter. This academy makes the students more marketable and prepared to enter the field. I am proud to be a graduate of the program and thirty plus years later, come full circle to teach and mentor cadets!”

For more information about the Fire Fighter One Academy, please contact Richard MacKenzie at Richard.mackenzie@solano.edu or 707.863.7872, Ext. 5516.

About Solano Community College:

The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is presently serving over 8,000 students throughout the academic year.

In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville, and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base, and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.

Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to California State Universities (CSU) and Universities of California (UC), and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us at www.solano.edu.

--Information submitted for publication by Solano Community College