FOUR new firefighters are set to join the team at Penarth Fire Station, after graduating from a gruelling 12-week course.
Dominic Poyer, Christopher Dodd, Tom Walsh and Carl John joined 18 other new firefighters at a ceremony at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service's Training Centre in Cardiff.
And 25-year-old Carl, who lives in Port Talbot, was presented with the coveted Silver Axe award.
The Silver Axe is awarded to the trainee who has consistently displayed continuing perseverance throughout the course, improving their overall standard in all aspects and activities.
Carl, a former professional lifeguard, will start his first shift at Penarth Fire Station early in May.
He said: "I'm really looking forward to getting on with the job, helping the public."
advertisement
Kevin Barry, Assistant Chief Officer, at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: "During this intensive course, our trainees have gained physical skills and communication skills, and have covered a huge range of subjects including fire-fighting, dealing with chemical incidents, road traffic collisions, aircraft, train crashes, water rescue, providing fire safety advice to schools and community groups, and carrying out specialised home fire safety visits to people's homes.
"We expect a lot of our trainees, because the public expect a lot of their Firefighters.
"They have been expertly trained to an extremely high standard, which will remain with them for the rest of their careers."
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
Print
Email this
Comment
