(Frederick, MD, September 30, 2013) – The Frederick County Public Safety Training Facility (FCPSTF) was the site for the Division of Fire and Rescue Services (DFRS) Paramedic Class 2013 graduation Friday evening September 27.
Paramedic Class 2013 consisted of one volunteer and eight career students all of whom will provide advanced life support to the citizens of Frederick County. Each student received over one-thousand-five-hundred hours of lecture, simulation and clinical training during the ten month course that was taught by DFRS personnel at the FCPSTF. Special acknowledgement went to class Valedictorian Firefighter / Paramedic Steven Snyder who had a course average of over ninety-three percent.
The keynote speaker, Jeffrey Fillmore MD, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Region II Medical Director, told the graduates to “love your patients and never stop learning.”
Chief Denise Pouget said, “I am so proud of your accomplishment! What an awesome achievement!”
For further information contact Community Services Liaison Doug Brown at 301-600-1905 or via e-mail at dbrown@frederickcountymd.gov.
