Two York firefighters graduated from the State Fire Academy in February, part of a class of 19.

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy graduated 19 recruits, Friday, Feb. 28, from its eight-week firefighter candidate school in Columbia. These firefighters underwent a 320-hour training program of classroom and hands-on firefighting skills development. The keynote speaker was Chief Charles Lamoreaux, St. Andrews Public Service District.

Front row (left to right): Joseph Mullady, City of York Fire Department; Jared Putnam, City of York Fire Department; Jessica Couch, Aiken Dept. of Public Safety; Adrian La Pan Aiken Dept. of Public Safety

Second Row (left to right): Jasmine Myers, City of Florence Fire Department; Johnny Holtzclaw, Forrest Attebury, Greenwood City Fire Department

Third row (left to right): Remington Cox, Newberry Fire Department; Tyler Estrella Jasper County Fire-Rescue; Tonya Mulalley, Jasper County Fire-Rescue; Christopher Benya, Jasper County Fire-Rescue; Andrew Langstaff, Jasper County Fire-Rescue; Jackson Berg, Jasper County Fire-Rescue

Back row (left to right): Matthew Williams, Newberry Fire Department; Samuel Bird, Newberry Fire Department; Alex McDonald, St. Andrews Public Service District; Destri Stemme, Jasper County Fire-Rescue; Quinten Cornelison, Awendaw-McClellanville Fire District; Hunter Hyder, Aiken Dept. of Public Safety

The Fire Academy provides emergency services training to the municipal fire service – both paid and volunteer. These include airport fire and rescue departments, industrial fire brigades, emergency teams, and service organizations including EMS, law enforcement, and military from around the state and the world. The Fire Academy is accredited by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications (Pro Board) for multiple NFPA firefighter levels. The Fire Academy, State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Emergency Response Task Force make up the Division of Fire and Life Safety, which is a division of the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

For more information about SC State Fire, please visit the LLR website.