HONOLULU (KHON2) — Congratulations are in order for the 116th recruit class of the Honolulu Fire Department after recruits completed more than 1,200 hours of training to call themselves firefighters.
Recruits celebrated their accomplishments on Friday afternoon at the Hawaii Okinawa Center’s Legacy Ballroom.
The 116th class consisted of 33 firefighter recruits, five of which will join the State of Hawaii’s Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit.
Training began in late January when FFR recruits completed 1,296 hours of instruction over 24 weeks.
The Training and Research Bureau, HFD divisions, fire suppression forces and other third-party evaluators facilitated the instruction to provide a “broad spectrum of fire service education and training.”
The following awards were also presented to the following FFR’s:
Superior Performance in Drills: Mason Isa
Excellence in Scholastic Achievement: Aubrey Huey
Most Inspirational FFR: Dan Nagaji
Outstanding FFR: Darren Garvey
Reports said the 33 FFRs are certified to the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress Fire Fighter I and II and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
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Fire Fighter Recruits are also certified in hazardous materials awareness, operations levels and basic driving skills.