The Hot Spot

The Sun Lakes Fire District, in response to recent retirements, sent three new recruits to the Phoenix Fire Department Regional Training Academy class 16-03 along with recruits from various other Arizona departments and districts. A delegation of off-duty SLFD firefighters attended the graduation of the three new recruits to wish them well in their new career. Left to right after the swearing in are FF Brent Kohl, Captain Nate Stringfellow, FF Andrew Beadle, FF Tom Geffert and Battalion Chief Robert Olmstead with the three new recruits firefighters Sergio Tosi, Ken Sorensen and Ben Merten. Fire District Chief Troy Maloney is on the far right. All three recruits came to SLFD with previous firefighting and medical experience.