City Of Alexandria: Alexandria Fire Department Graduates 3 Recruit Schools

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Jul 23, 2021 at 4:39 PM

The Alexandria Fire Department officially graduated Recruit School 49 on Thursday, July 22, and Recruit Schools 50 and 51 on Friday, July 23 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial after postponing the ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFD welcomed and celebrated 45 new
firefighter/EMTs.

City of Alexandria’s Circuit Court Clerk Greg Parks presided over the swearing in during the two ceremonies after remarks from City Manager Mark Jinks, Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker and Fire/EMS Chief Corey Smedley. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Fire Chief Denise
Pouget also offered remarks during the July 22 ceremony. AFD and MWAA partnered for recruit school in 2019-2020 bringing recruits from both organizations together for necessary training to become certified firefighters and EMTs.

For media inquiries only, contact Senior Public Information Officer
Raytevia Evans at
raytevia.evans@alexandriava.gov
or 703.746.5190.

This news release is available at
alexandriava.gov/123453.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.