North Attleboro firefighters Eli Pitts (left) and Mitch Green graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on Feb. 26. (Photo courtesy Department of Fire Services)
Chief Christopher Coleman is pleased to announce two North Attleboro firefighters graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy earlier this week.
On Monday, Feb. 26, firefighters Eli Pitts and Mitch Green graduated alongside 33 firefighters from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program during a ceremony at the Department of Fire Services’ Stowe campus.
“We are excited for firefighters Pitts and Green to return to the department following their graduation from the fire academy,” Chief Coleman said. “They both exemplified hard work and dedication throughout their time as students and we greatly look forward to them bringing that same work ethic to our ranks. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming them both to North Attleborough.”
Upon their graduation, firefighter Pitts will be assigned to B Platoon and and firefighter Green will be assigned to A Platoon.
At the academy, firefighters Pitts and Green received training in public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquids, cancer awareness, stress management and self-rescue techniques. They were also trained in life safety, search and rescue, ladder operations, water supply, pump operation and fire attack.
Upon graduating, firefighters Pitts and Green now have their Firefighter I/II and Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations certifications.
The other graduates of Class #318 represented the fire departments of Andover, Bellingham, Chelsea, Clinton, Dracut, Everett, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Framingham, Hopedale, Manchester, Milford, Orange, Orleans, Sudbury, Uxbridge, Walpole, Wayland, and Wrentham.
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