Station House BSL - November 2015 - The Shoofly Magazine

Station House BSL - November 2015

11/1/2015

Introducing Our "New" Firefighters

Six new firefighters join the Bay Fire Department after rigorous physical and academic training. Chief San Fillippo congratulates and welcomes them to the team!

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This month I would like to introduce Bay St. Louis’s “new” firefighters!

Please join me in congratulating our six recruits who, after completing 11 weeks of intense physical and academic training, have just graduated from the Mississippi State Fire Academy.

In addition, they have also tested and met the requirements of the Mississippi Minimum Standards and Certification Board — the body that sets the standards and requirements for career firefighters in the state of Mississippi. With these achievements these recruits have now earned the rank and title of Firefighter.

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These new firefighters are the future of the fire service, and the future leaders of our department. They will be responsible for leading the next generation of firefighters and preparing them for the tough job ahead.

They have chosen a career that is as dangerous as it is gratifying. They will see terrible things happen to good people; they’ll feel frustration and anger, and they’ll second guess themselves and wonder if they could’ve done more. But they will also do good and great things — things that no one else could or would do — and they’ll have many successes.

And even when they can’t “fix” the problem, just their presence will provide comfort to someone who is hurting or afraid. The boots they have to fill are bigger than they know, but I have no doubt that each of them is up for the challenge.

Congratulations to (in photo, from left):

Firefighter River Hayden

Firefighter Michael Guitreau

Firefighter Gary Maurice, Jr.

Engineer/EMT Gary Catalano (center, not in uniform)

Firefighter Derrion Elzy

Firefighter John Glidden

Firefighter De’Sean Reece (kneeling)