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Article: 19 firefighters earn badges: Graduating class second-largest for Valley Fire.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2007
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Byline: Peter Barnes
May 19--The second-largest fire-training class in Spokane Valley Fire Department's history graduated Friday, with 19 new firefighters ushered into a public service imbued with tradition but evolving as fast as the medical needs of their community.
"You will be an integral part of the fire service in the future," Fire Chief Mike Thompson told the class, gathered with colleagues, family members and a handful of their restless children in the great room of Spokane Valley's CenterPlace community center.
Thompson called the recruits "future thinkers," and went on to describe the changing nature of fire service.
The idea ...