The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue held its graduation ceremony for Recruit Class 2026-1, in mid August, at the Gainesville United Methodist Church.
Battalion Chief Jonathan Newell presided over the ceremony.
Class 2026-1 consists of Fire and Rescue Technicians who successfully completed 30 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training at the Department’s Public Safety Training Center in Nokesville.
Each student performed an excess of 1500 hours of training. The training consisted of an initial week of orientation and study skills. During the entirety of program, the recruits focus on their health, nutrition and functional fitness. Additionally, they participated in 10 weeks of emergency medical training, 13 weeks of fire training, four weeks of specialized training and two weeks of administrative training.
Congratulations to the following graduates:
Cody Barr, Asher Hall, Victor Paz, Nathan Spence, Owen Bell, Bernard Hall, Aden Peters,
Trenton Starwood, Chase Brannock, Nathan Korkolis, Seamus Quinlan, Taya Stith,
Matthew Brewster, Daniel Lopez, Tyler Regehr, Frank Tchoukouani, Shakeel Charles,
Jackson Lucas, Carlos Reig, Cameron Van Der Rest, Nathan Cowne, Timothy Masserant,
Dayton Richard, Carter White, Luke Davis, Nolan McGee, Wyatt Rodgers, Joseph Whiteford,
Mason Davis, Myles Milien, Matthew Roelofs, Liam Wociechowski, Nicholas DeCola,
Tungamirai Mkinya, Joshua Russell, John Woodward, Nasir Ethington,
Christopher Osborne, Cody Safreed and Cameron Yates
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