The Nashville Fire Department will add more than 30 new firefighters to the department during a graduation ceremony at Madison Church of Christ on Friday, April 12, 2024.
NFD Director Chief William Swann, Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Deputy Director Chief Tim Henderson, and Fire Operations Chief of Training Moses Jeffries IV will present each of the graduates with a certificate of completion and their official badge. Family, friends and fellow NFD personnel will be in attendance to celebrate Battalion 89's accomplishment.
A Tennessee State Trooper will also graduate from the academy with his EMT License.
Battalion 89 completed more than 1,000 hours of an intensive curriculum, including classroom lectures and hands on training. Their hands-on training included live fire training, swift water rescue training and high angle rescue techniques.