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31 Graduates Complete Training with Prince William Fire

The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue Recruit Class 2024-2 at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony. [Courtesy of Prince William Fire]
On Wednesday, 31 members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue Recruit Class 2024-2 graduated following their training.

The 31 graduates completed 30 weeks of academic and physical training at the Nokesville Public Safety Training Center. According to a press release, each graduate completed more than 1,500 hours of training to become fire and rescue technicians. The training consisted of health, nutrition and functional fitness; emergency medical training; fire training; specialized training and administrative training.

The ceremony was held at Grace Life Community Church in Bristow. It was presided over by Battalion Chief Scott Arft.

Congratulations to the following graduates on completing your training!

  • Luis Ayala
  • Christian Jackson
  • Robert Pena-Alea
  • Corbin Barb
  • Lawrence Jenkins
  • Christopher Peters
  • Liam Bayfield
  • Joseph Knighten
  • Ian Ross
  • Daniel Burgess
  • Autumn Kramer
  • Elijah Settle
  • Xavier Castro
  • Malik Lewis
  • Matthew Shuck
  • Tanner Crews
  • Jonnathan Lizama-Parada
  • Ryan Sinclair
  • Kylan Dagstani
  • Thomas Mackow
  • Harish Sundaram
  • Yvette Godinez-Delgado
  • Daniel Madison
  • Briar Thomas
  • Evan Hamilton
  • Charlie McCoy
  • Collin Thomas
  • Tyren Hinton
  • Tyler Orefice
  • Phillip Hodge
  • Byron Payne

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