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MEDIA ADVISORY:
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta to preside over Graduation
Ceremony for 292 Probationary Firefighters
Class is one of the most diverse
to graduate the Fire Academy in decades
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta tomorrow will preside
over a graduation ceremony for 292 Probationary Firefighters.
The “Probies” have successfully completed the
rigorous 12-week training program and will now be assigned
to fire companies throughout the five boroughs. The class
is one of the most diverse in recent history. More than twenty
percent of the class are minorities, and four of tomorrow’s
graduates are female.
WHO: |
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, Chief of Department
Frank Cruthers, Top FDNY Officials, members of graduating
class and hundreds of family members and friends
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WHAT: |
Graduation Ceremony for 292 Probationary Firefighters |
WHERE: |
Walt Whitman Hall - Brooklyn College, Nostrand Avenue
/ Avenue H |
WHEN: |
Thursday, December 11th - 11:00 AM |
PHOTO-OP |
Contact: Francis X. Gribbon / Michael Loughran
(FDNY) (718) 999-2056
http://www.nyc.gov/fdny
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