Graduation

Friday October 26th of 2012

Maui Tropical Plantation

Recruit Class 29

Graduates

Congratulations on becoming fire fighters to the 22 recruits! It was a great day at the Tropical Plantation. The Chiefs were there, representatives for Governor Neil Abercrombie and the families of the recruits. Guest speakers spoke about the courage and sacrifice it takes to be a fire fighter and how fire fighters work hard to keep the community safe and they do not go unnoticed. Captain Amos spoke about how it is such a big accomplishment to become firefighters on Maui especially, because they need to go through extra training than those on the mainland and be prepared for any situation from Makai to Mauka and everything in between. Not including all of the tests and evaluations they had to pass.

Watching the video that Kaleo Pua'a put together was really cool. I saw that they all had to work as a team and yes it is physically demanding and no doubt it takes dedication, but it also looked like a lot of fun! 

I enjoyed the pinning ceremony where the recruits' family pinned their badges on their uniforms. 

Misty and I sold a fair amount of shirts during the event to help fund raise.