Tonight was the 5th Annual New Castle County Fire Service Graduation Ceremony held at Delaware City.  18 Cadet Members from New Castle County Fire Companies graduated after a long 16 weeks of training every Tuesday and Thursday evening and every other weekend,

For the third year in a row, we had a member graduate from the Academy,  In the past we have had Christian Jackson-Puglisi, Patrick Reeder and David Bright.  This year Kayla Bright followed in her fathers foot steps and makes the fourth member of the Fire Company to graduate.

Kayla was selected to give the Class speech as has both Patrick and her father.

Kayla was the recipient of the Female Physical Fitness Award and also the recipient of the Directors Award for overall performance.  During the 16 week course, Kayla put in over 159 hours of training which she achieved her National Pro Board Certifications of Firefighter I and II and Hazardous Material.

Congratulations Kayla on continuing her families long tradition with the Delaware City Fire Company.  We are all very proud of her!