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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChiefTerrySmith

OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-3911(office)

P.O.Box99/200East4""Street912-729-6527(fax)

Woodbine,Georgia31569tsmith@co.camden.ga.us

FORIMMEDIATERELEASE

CamdenCountyFireRescue

GraduatesNineFirefighters

WOODBINE,Ga.May21,2021TheCamdenCountyBoardofCommissionersis

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pleasedtoannouncethattheninemembersofRecruitClass2021-06havecompletedtheirBasic

Firefighterrequirements.MatthewAdams,SamuelCoward,JosephHighsmith,HaileyLabellarte,

DevinMahoney,JeremyMarshall,MalikReed,HectorVazquez-Francisco,andDantrellYates

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FromLeft:TrainingCaptainTimHaney,HaileyLabellarte,MalikReed,JosephHighsmith,MatthewAdams,ChiefTerry

Smith,JeremyMarshall,DevinMahoney,HectorVazquez-Francisco,DantrellYates,andSamuelCoward

Inhiskeynoteaddress,CamdenCountyFireRescue(CCFR)ChiefTerrySmithencouragedthe

newfirefighterstorememberwhytheybecamefirefighters.Healsostressedtheimportanceof

continuedtrainingastheygainexperienceandbecomeleadersandheroesinthecommunity.

Dozensofcolleagues,family,andfriendslistenedassimilarsentimentsandinstructionswere

“Award-WinningGovernment”

STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS

CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney

LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKTREVORREADDICKGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY

Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5

PressRelease:CamdenCountyFireRescueGraduatesNineFirefightersPage2of2

expressedbyAssistantChiefCharlesLowther,OperationsChiefLisaBoyett,andTraining

CaptainTimHaneyastheywelcomedandhonoredthenewgraduatesthroughouttheceremony.

“Thesenewfirefightersareequippedtobevaluablecontributorstopublicsafetythanksto

assistancefromourpartnersatGeorgiaForestryCommission,KingslandFireDepartment,and

St.MarysFireDepartment,”saidCCFRChiefTerrySmith.“Wecontinuetobethankfultothe

BoardofCommissionersfortheirongoingsupportofthisprogramandCamdenCountyFire

Rescue.”

MembersofRecruitClass2021-06selectedJeremyMarshallastheirClassPresidentandhe

alsoreceivedacertificateforhavingthehighestclassaverage.JosephHighsmithwasrecognized

asMostImproved.

Thetwelve-weekprogramincludedbothclassroomandpracticalskillstrainingtoprepare

firefighterrecruitsforearningstatecertification.Theseninefirefightersarecontinuingtheirtraining

bytakinganEmergencyMedicalTechnicianBasic(EMT-B)course.

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FromLeft:CommissionerLannieBrant,CommissionerTrevorReaddick,

ChairmanGaryBlount,AssistantChiefCharlesLowther,Vice-ChairBenHeadquartersat912-729-3911.

Casey,ChiefTerrySmith,andCommissionerChuckClark.

AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastalCommunityof

Choice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyandSouthernhospitality.Ourvisionis

helpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandqualityoflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandproviding

anefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.

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“Award-WinningGovernment”

STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS

CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney

LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKTREVORREADDICKGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY

Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5