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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2007
CONTACT: Firefighter/PIO Daniel Valenzuela
Glendale Fire Department, (623) 695-7668

Glendale Firefighters Graduate From Paramedic School

GLENDALE, AZ. – Six Glendale Firefighters graduated from the Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) Paramedic Program after completing a year long and 1,200 hours of training.  Fire Captain Linda Rider, Fire Engineer Shelaine Bernal, along with firefighters Lindell Millar, Ed Mejia, Ruben Florez and Dan Shaw graduated on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in the PVCC Performing Arts Building.

Paramedic training provides the necessary skills to stabilize a patient until an emergency room doctor treats them.  The intensive schooling focused on: advanced cardiac life support, how to manage patients in traumatic situations, how to administer life saving drugs, human anatomy/physiology and the necessary skills to administer an I.V. and airway intubation.

The new paramedics will be assigned to work on one of the ten paramedic/engine companies that protect the city of Glendale. Glendale Fire Chief, Mark Burdick, Congratulates all on a job well done.