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On Thursday, February 17, 2011, the Firefighter Trainee Class was sworn in as Recruits at the Portland Fire & Rescue's (PF&R) Training Center located off N.E. 122nd Avenue.  The six Firefighter Trainees had little or no fire service experience before applying and being accepted into the Firefighter Trainee Program. The Firefighter Trainee Program is a "earn while you learn," comprehensive, paid, eight-week training program at PF&R's Training Center.

During the last two months, Firefighter Trainees Ian, Yueh-Han, Shannon, James, Tamara, and Jin worked a 40-hour work schedule and received hands-on experience with the tools of the trade.  These successful Firefighter Trainees completed the two month, were sworn in, and will now advance to the Firefighter Recruit Academy.

The Firefighter Trainees will be joined by six new Firefighter Recruits. Firefighter Recruits Travis, Duncan, Jason, Christopher, Zachary, and Erik were hired with fire experience or an education background in fire science and currently have a minimum of an Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) certification. 

The new Recruit Class 10-05, made up of the graduated Firefighter Trainees and Firefighter Recruits will be working together for the next four months earning certifications and learning firefighting skills. At the end of four months, the Portland Firefighters that successfully complete and pass the Firefighter Recruit Academy will continue their probation at Fire Station 2 where they start 24 weeks of shift work (24 hours on/48 hours off) and receive further training while responding to various emergency calls.

   Portland Fire & Rescue 

   We Respond: Always Ready, Always There

   February 17, 2011

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