![]() In a special tribute, the Academy also recognized Dr. Macones was recently named deputy chief of the Paterson Fire Department. Macones, later became an instructor at the Academy and is now its director. “It has been my privilege to have been an instructor for all 30 years and to see all of the 5,000 pass through the doors,” said Mr. He noted that since opening in 1992, the Academy has trained over 5,000 firefighters from Passaic, Morris, Bergen, Sussex, Essex, and Hudson counties. The wail of bagpipes from the Passaic County Pipes and Drum band signaled the start of the ceremony with a procession of fire chiefs, instructors, and graduates. Captain James Hearney led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the singing of the national anthem, and an invocation delivered by Pastor Luke Shover of Grace Bible Church in North Haledon.įittingly, Training Coordinator Michael Wanklin, who has been with the Academy for its entire 30 years, offered the official welcome, providing highlights of the Fire Academy’s three decades of growth and service. “We also had 62 recruits who are career firefighters and received their certificates at their own departments’ ceremony.” “These 57 recruits represent only half of this year’s classes,” announced Jason Macones, director of the Academy. They were recognized at the event, held last December 2 in the auditorium of the Passaic County Technical Institute, a neighbor of the Academy in Wayne. Some 199 recruits graduated from the Fire Academy last year 57 were volunteer firefighters mainly from Passaic County. Joe Malinconico is editor of Paterson Press.Įmail: article originally appeared on NorthJersey.JanuThe PCCC Public Safety Academy Celebrates 29th Commencement and 30 Years of Public Serviceįamily, friends, firefighters, and members of the community gathered last month to celebrate the 29 th Commencement of the Passaic County Community College Public Safety Academy and to honor the Academy’s 30 years of service to the community. ![]() “Antonio Diaz was the only final candidate for chief of fire apparatus,” said the business administrator. One of the candidates ended up dropping out because the $100,000 salary was too low, Long said. So the city posted the opening for two weeks in early 2020, she said.Īfter getting two applicants, the city’s deputy fire chiefs conducted interviews, she said, noting that McDermott did not participate in those sessions. Long said there was no civil service hiring list for the position of chief of fire apparatus. She said he also oversees repairs on vehicles used by the city’s health, community development and economic development departments, as well as its mailroom and library. Long said Diaz, in his new position, was given a workload that expanded beyond the Fire Department. Rivera said he initially questioned the creation of the new job, but said he came to agree that it was “legitimate and warranted” after hearing the administration’s explanation. “This was discussed for a while, and by ‘a while,’ I mean multiple years.” “It’s not like this happened all of a sudden,” Rivera said. Rivera said administration officials presented the plan for creating the new job that Diaz ended up getting during budget hearings a few years ago. “You can’t tie those two things together.” “I don’t see any connection,” said Councilman Flavio Rivera. While Jackson said Diaz’s $52,000 promotion stemmed from his alleged favor for the chief, another council member disagreed with that assertion. The Sayegh administration has not revealed any details of what it says happened at the Fire Department garage. ![]() The Sayegh administration has refused to make public the report compiled by the private law firm, saying it is confidential because of attorney-client privilege. More politics: Joey Torres’ mayoral papers rejected in Paterson, and now he’s going to court Paterson mayor’s race: Goow and Velez file petitions hours before deadline
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