3 of 15 S.C. Fire Academy graduates are from Sumter

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation's South Carolina Fire Academy graduated 15 recruits on Thursday, May 9, 2024, 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 Justin McLellan, Lancaster City Fire Department. Graduates are from left: first row, Jewell Kincaid - Aiken Department of Public Safety, Alexavier Berry - West Columbia Fire Department, Isaiah Ramsey - Greenville City Fire Department and Peyton Bullock - Bluffton Township Fire District; middle row, Owen Becker - Jasper County Fire-Rescue, Jamarcus Wiley - Aiken Department of Public Safety, Aaron Lemus - Hardeeville Fire Department, Carson Thayer - Bluffton Township Fire District, Nolan Rodriguez - Sumter City Fire Department; and Devin Hancock - Sumter City Fire Department; back row, Adrian Juarez - Jasper County Fire-Rescue, Brett Taylor - West Columbia Fire Department, Jaden Tomlinson - Jasper County Fire-Rescue, Rusty Weaver - Orangeburg City Fire Department and Gregory Koehler - Sumter City Fire Department.

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