CANTON — Chief Wendell Robery is pleased to announce that the Canton Fire Department recently welcomed a new firefighter.
Firefighter Alana Burke, originally from Scituate, graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program on Friday, Jan. 20 in Bridgewater. She is assigned to Canton Fire Station 1, Group 4.
Prior to this role, Burke worked as a paramedic in multiple EMS systems.
The 50-day MFA program prepares firefighters for basic firefighting, including search and rescue, ladder operations, water supply, pump operation, fire attack and life safety lessons, as well as non-fire responses and hazardous material response.
“We are pleased to welcome Firefighter Burke to the Canton Fire Department, who brings valuable previous experience as a paramedic to her new role,” Chief Robery said. “Her completion of the MFA training program will contribute to her success as a firefighter, and we congratulate her on this accomplishment.”
Firefighter Burke was among 22 graduates who represented Canton and 15 other fire departments.
About The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy:
At the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, firefighter recruits learn a wide range of skills in an intensive 10-week program. Certified and more experienced firefighters lead classroom instruction, physical fitness training, firefighter skills training and firefighting practice. Students are given training in public fire education, hazardous material incident mitigation, flammable liquids, stress management, confined space rescue techniques and rappelling. Upon successful completion of the Recruit Program, all students have met national standards of National Fire Protection Association 1001. About 14,000 firefighters have graduated from the Career Recruit Training program in more than 450 classes.
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