Recruit Class 2022

In 2022, the WTES was given approval to hire three (3) full-time Firefighter/EMTs and one (1) part-time Firefighter/ EMT. During the hiring process FF/EMT Barna presented Chief Farnsworth with the idea of hosting our own training academy for the new hires. This would allow our staff to ensure each new hire was trained to the level that we needed them to be at prior to being assigned to a shift.

A group of current full-time sta curriculum for the academy class. During a brainstorming session Chief Farnsworth recommended that the recruits obtain their Firefighter II, Vehicle Extrication and Pump Operations certificates during the academy. A meeting was then set up with the Director of the Burlington County Emergency Services Center to pitch the idea. With several of our full-time members being instructors at the BCESTC, the Director tasked Instructor Guerrini with developing a curriculum as it related to the certifications and the other instructors with developing curriculum for the ancillary classes.

Knowing that several surrounding Departments were also in the hiring process of hiring firefighters. Chief Farnsworth reached out to those Fire Chiefs to see if they would be interested in participating in the Recruit Academy. Medford Township Fire Department signed on sending three of their newly hired Firefighter/EMTs.

With the roster of the first Recruit Academy set including four (4) employees from the WTES and three (3) from MTFD it was time for the academy to begin, on November 14th at the Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center. The Recruit Academy ran Monday through Friday from 8:00am till 4:00pm.