1st Responder Newspaper - NJ
August, 2013
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Cumberland County graduates firefighters and instructors Vineland, NJ. Cumberland County graduated a record number of Firefighters I and II and Fire I instructors from the Ronald D. Martinelli Fire and Rescue Training Center on May 29th. The ceremony was held at the Cumberland County College and was attended by over 150 family, friends, county and state officials and fire personnel. Twenty-two graduated the Firefighter I class. They graduates are John Riebel, Robert Scarlato, Dillon Turner, Nicholas Wagner and Albert Wynn, IV from Cedarville Fire Company; Kenneth Williamson, Jr. from Dividing Creek Fire Company; Kimberly Sheppard and Trevor Spiotto from Downe Twp. Fire/Rescue Co. 1; Nathan Johnson from Forest Grove Fire Company, Gloucester County; George Harris, III from Gouldtown Fire Company; Leslie Crosbie, Jr. from Greenwich Fire Company; Kenneth Whildin, Jr., Brandi Whildin and Nicholas Whildin from Heislerville Fire Company; Patrick Weldon from Laurel Lake Fire Company; Martin Garcia, Jr. from Mauricetown Fire Company; Michael Haight and Derrick Magee from Minotola Fire Company, Atlantic County; Drew Hitchner from Seabrook Fire & Rescue; and Jeremiah Colon, Robert Bracall and Nathan CoxBien from Vineland Fire Department. Seventeen graduated the Firefighter II class. They are Andrea Burgey, Gary Denby, Ryan Hallquist, Jason Hurff, Julius Mendez and Danny VanMeter from Bridgeton Fire Department; Mathew Hill and Ashley Padgett from Fairton Fire Company; Derek Carter, Felipe Maisonave, Taisaan McAllister and Matthew Miller from Gouldtown Fire Company; Michael Hallquist and Alexander Hess from Millville Fire Department; Glenn Baker and Dominick Manno rom Rosenhayn Fire Company; and Emanuel Mercado from Vineland Fire Department. There were twenty-three graduates from the Fire Instructor I class. They are Anthony Brago and John Pagels from Bridgeton Fire Department; Jason Ripper from Cedarville Fire Company; Eric Peck and Marvin Pierce, Jr. from Gouldtown Fire Company; Joseph McPherson from Greenwich Fire Company; Kenneth Mayhew from Hopewell-Stow Creek Fire Company; Donald Hundt, Jr. and Jennifer Hundt from Mauricetown Fire Company; Peter Jilinski from Rosenhayn Fire Company; Nicholas Loew, Charles Nardelli, Jr. and Jeremy Warburton from Seabrook Fire Rescue; Khristian Gates, Nathan Mixner, Timothy Peirson and David Rogers from Upper Deerfield Fire Company #33; and Evan Forosisky, Dennis LaRosa, Jr., Jeffrey Kraus, Anthony Brooks, Jason Judice and Francisco Saltar from Vineland Fire Department.
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The honor of attaining the highest score in the Firefighter I class went to Kenneth Whildin, Jr. from the Heislerville Fire Company. While there are many families in Cumberland County with a firefighting tradition, the Whildin family, all members of the Heislerville Fire Company, stood out this night. Kenneth Whildin Jr., Firefighter I graduate; Nicholas Whildin, Firefighter I graduate and his father Wayne Whildin Jr., Life Member; Wayne Whildin Sr., past chief and current assistant chief; Ken Whildin Sr., Life Member; Robert Whildin, Deputy Chief and his daughter Brandi Whildin, Firefighter I graduate. - JOHN CARR JOHN W. CARR
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