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Training division, fire marshal and emergency management give monthly updates; NFPA physicals scheduled
Summary
Deputy Chief Coppola described extensive training using vacant buildings, First Due software onboarding and scheduled NFPA physicals; Fire Marshal Troy Donahue gave inspection and plan-review numbers; emergency management discussed outreach and Everbridge signups.
Deputy Chief Coppola told commissioners on March 18 that the training division used vacant structures for hands-on evolutions, completed companywide First Due records-management training and continues technical rescue and aerial-operator training.
Coppola said Recruit Academy Class 76 is scheduled for August 2025, with an estimated per-member academy cost of about $8,285. He described recent training in structural ventilation, hose-line deployment, ladder operations and…
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