May 17, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Three members of the DeKalb County Fire Department, Faith Caplinger Ricketts, Cody Herman, and Kyle Hovey graduated Saturday and Sunday from the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Training Academy’s Live Burn Firefighter I class.
Captain Brian Williams said this 16-hour course requires students to demonstrate skills needed to extinguish a passenger vehicle fire attack, exterior Class A fire attack, interior structure fire attack, commercial buildings and ground cover fire attack.
“We are extremely proud of these recent graduates. Today, our department stands better prepared to respond to emergencies because of the high standards for training we set for our firefighters,” said Captain Brian Williams