Twenty-seven Graduate from Firefighter Recruit School

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The 2021 Graduating Class of the Cherokee County Fire Recruit School and leaders of the department. Bottom Row (L-R): Devin Cleveland, Deyonda Edwards, Jessica Hillm Tyler Goulding, Nathaniel Palmer, Darian Prem, Bryce Sanders, Stephen McGowan, Daniel Williams and Schyler Phillips. Second Row (L-R): Josh Henry, Xavier Keith, Zach Bailey, Paxton Brownlee, Seth Grummer, Joseph Little, Jacob McInnis, Hayden Townsend, Riley Werner and Hudson Brandenburg. Third Row (L-R): EMS Training Officer Kevin Johnson, Instructor Sandra Johnson, Reed Cassidy, John Frankham, John Donohue, James Kendra, Garrett Sadler, Wesley Rice and Jesse Clarisse. Back Row (L-R): Fire Chief Tim Prather, Deputy Chief Eddie Robinson, Deputy Chief Shane West, Lt. Robbie Kennedy, Captain Danny Carder, Captain Kristi Wigington, Clinical Coordinator Kyle O'Bryan, EMS Chief Nate Sullivan, Chief Scott Deal and Instructor Jim Laughlin.
The 2021 Graduating Class of the Cherokee County Fire Recruit School and leaders of the department. Bottom Row (L-R): Devin Cleveland, Deyonda Edwards, Jessica Hillm Tyler Goulding, Nathaniel Palmer, Darian Prem, Bryce Sanders, Stephen McGowan, Daniel Williams and Schyler Phillips. Second Row (L-R): Josh Henry, Xavier Keith, Zach Bailey, Paxton Brownlee, Seth Grummer, Joseph Little, Jacob McInnis, Hayden Townsend, Riley Werner and Hudson Brandenburg. Third Row (L-R): EMS Training Officer Kevin Johnson, Instructor Sandra Johnson, Reed Cassidy, John Frankham, John Donohue, James Kendra, Garrett Sadler, Wesley Rice and Jesse Clarisse. Back Row (L-R): Fire Chief Tim Prather, Deputy Chief Eddie Robinson, Deputy Chief Shane West, Lt. Robbie Kennedy, Captain Danny Carder, Captain Kristi Wigington, Clinical Coordinator Kyle O'Bryan, EMS Chief Nate Sullivan, Chief Scott Deal and Instructor Jim Laughlin.
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The Cherokee County Fire Honor Guard do the presentation of colors.
The Cherokee County Fire Honor Guard do the presentation of colors.
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Jim Laughlin (right) presents the W. Clark Waters' Jr. Honor Graduate Award to Seth Grummer.
Jim Laughlin (right) presents the W. Clark Waters' Jr. Honor Graduate Award to Seth Grummer.
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Darian Prem (left) receives the Pinnacle Award for striving to "reach to the top."
Darian Prem (left) receives the Pinnacle Award for striving to "reach to the top."
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The Star of Life Award, in honor of Dr. Jill Mabley, is presented to Wesley Rice by Instructor, Sandy Johnson.
The Star of Life Award, in honor of Dr. Jill Mabley, is presented to Wesley Rice by Instructor, Sandy Johnson.
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Harry Johnston, Chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, comes forward to say a few words.
Harry Johnston, Chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, comes forward to say a few words.
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Eddie Robinson, Deputy Chief of Support Services, comes to the podium to speak.
Eddie Robinson, Deputy Chief of Support Services, comes to the podium to speak.
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Cherokee County Fire Chief, Tim Prather, speaks to the 2021 Fire Recruit Class.
Cherokee County Fire Chief, Tim Prather, speaks to the 2021 Fire Recruit Class.
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Fire Chief, Tim Prather, gives the oath to the new recruits.
Fire Chief, Tim Prather, gives the oath to the new recruits.

Twenty-seven new fire recruits graduated from firefighter recruit school during ceremonies held last Friday night at the Woodstock First Baptist Church. The event began with a welcome from Chief of Training, Scott Deal, followed by the invocation by Fire Chaplain, Russ Sims. The Cherokee County Fire Honor Guard came to the stage for the presentation of colors and the singing of the national anthem was performed by Jedidiah Martin.

Chief Deal returned to the podium to introduce a slideshow of the recruit’s experiences during training.

Class Representatives, Paxton Brownlee and Wesley Rice came to the podium to speak about their experiences going through recruit school.

Instructor Jim Laughlin came next to present the W. Clark Waters' Jr. Honor Graduate Award to Seth Grummer. The award was named on behalf of Clark Waters, a Cherokee County firefighter, who passed away in 2004. The recipient of the Pinnacle Award for striving to "reach the top" due to dedication and hard-work in the firefighter recruit school class was presented to Darian Prem. Instructor, Sandy Johnson, came forward to present The Star of Life Award, in honor of Dr. Jill Mabley, who is currently the Medical Director for the fire department.  This award was presented to Wesley Rice. 

After the awards presentation, Harry Johnston, Chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, came forward to say a few words.

Assistant Fire Chief, Eddie Robinson, came to the podium and congratulated the new recruits and welcomed them to the Cherokee County Fire family. Cherokee County Fire Chief, Tim Prather, came next to encourage the recruits to keep their faith first, family second and their work in the fire department third in order to have a successful life and career.  Prather then asked the recruits to stand for the firefighter oath followed by the presentation of their certificates of completion.

Those recruits receiving certificates were: Zachary Bailey, Hudson Brandenburg, Paxton Brownlee, Reed Cassidy, Jesse Clarisse, Devin Cleveland, John Donohue, Deyonda Edwards, John Frankham, Tyler Goulding, Seth Grummer, Joshua Henry, Jessica Hill, Xavier Keith, James Kendra, Joseph Little, Stephen McGowan, Jacob McInnis, Nathaniel Palmer, Schyler Phillips, Darian Prem, Wesley Rice, Garrett Sadler, Bryce Sanders, Hayden Townsend, Riley Werner and Daniel Williams

Congratulations to the new graduates on a job well done!

Posted : March 07, 2022

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