The Columbia County Fire Coordinator’s Office is pleased to announce the following
training schools completed by the volunteer firefighters of Columbia
County.
ISC 300 was taught by Mike Stelling and held at the CHurchtown Fire Company. Graduates included:
Morgan Bowers
James Brady Stanley
Burch
Joseph Costa
Mike Cozzolino Chad Hawver
Phillip Kenny
Chad Kilmer Nicolas
Kitsock
Michael Layman
James Marsh III Bruce Miller
Barbara Motyl
David Proper Dane
Shadic
Robert Speed
John VanAlphan III
Valatie Firehouse
was the location of a Haz Mat first responder operations annual refresher taught by Joe Laviano. Attendees were;
Antony Bashford
Samuel Becker Frank Bevens
Phillip Bickerton
Louis Bonacker III Antony Buono
John Bryan
Chris Carroll Rustin
Dolan
Joseph Loeffler
Joseph H.Loeffler Karen Loeffler
Phillip Martel
John Matthews Joseph Nooney
Daniel VanAllen
Zach Usyk
Valatie and Laviano also took care of
a water rescue awareness level course. This one night class graduated the following;
James Acker II
Antony Bashford Samuel Becker
Frank Bevens
Phillip Bickerton Collin Brown
John Bryan
Chris Carroll Rustin
Dolan
Matthew Fischer
Matthew Franceschi Mark French
Gregg Gilliland
John Hoyt
Daniel Keeler
Joseph
Loeffler
Joseph H. Loeffler Karen Loeffler
Phillip Martel
John Matthews Christopher Mills
David Page
Michael Potter Thomas Shumsky
Dan VanAllen
Zach Usyk
Laviano and Louis Godfroy taught an Accident
Victim Extrication Training at the Stuyvesant Falls Fire Station. Students were;
Michael Bortugno
Chris Bortugno Jr. Michael Davey
Thomas Elliott
Timothy Embry Jr. Timothy Embry Sr.
Brian Gay
Chris Harris
Spencer Hotaling
Annmarie
Leiser-Hamilton Karen Loeffler
Andrew Montie
Steve
Montie
Damion Rose Jethro Rossman
Joseph Russo
Justin Taylor Timothy
Trowbridge
Daniel VanAllen
Joseph VanLewven Sr.
Benjamin Webster
Jamaar Williams Robert Speed
Barbara Motyl
Churchtown fire and Mr. Laviano also taught an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting class, which
also included a field trip to the Columbia County Airport. Students successfully completing the four week class were;
Teddy Baird
Christopher Carlson `
Nathan Chess
Christpoher
Diedrick Augustus Ellsworth
Patrick Farrell
Matthew
Franceschi Joseph Ham
Chris Harris
Daniel
Hickey Jr. Win Hotaling
George Keeler
Traci
Lane Evan
McCormack
Bruce Miller
Anrew
Montie John Onufrychuk Jr.
Charlie Seay
Thomas
Shumsky Joshua Stalker
Melissa Eigenbrodt, Laviano and Wayne Gearing taught firefighter survival with the ‘Red
Rock Firehouse as a classroom. Survivalists included;
Bulent Yener
Stephen McGrath
Richard Lindmark
Evan
Kerr
David Bartlett
Matthew Cohn
Antony
Brahm
Christopher Brennan Kyle
Wilber
Rick Newton
Robert Meehan
Scott Brown
Ron Davis
Tony Morgan
Andrew Soltano`
Karl
Bower William
Rogers
Andrew Smith
Hudson Central Station was the scene
of a firefighter one course taught by Gearing, Godfroy, Laviano and Eigenbrodt. This twenty nine session class was completed
by the following volunteers;
William
Baker Mark Beaumont
Shane Bish
John Calderon
Ian Delaney
Michael Dutcher
Spencer
Hotaling Coner O’neill
Matthew Pirrone
Rodney
Pulver
James Schemenerhorn John Rieman
Schenei
Kyle Sitter
Jaquan Williams
Kyle Witko
Gary Wood
Eigenbrodt and Gearing provided the expertise for an
Apparatus Operator Emergency Vehicle at Greenprt Station #3. Completing six nights of training were;
Scott Brundage
Douglas Garrison
Nicholas Mazzacano
Thomas
Elliott Robert Yates
Stewart Hunt
John
Jangrow Joseph Ward
Clara Witko
Tracey Daniels
Adam Kitsock
Mark Taylor
Charles
Sussman Ryan O’Dowd Jamie
Preusser
Michael Davey
Jr. Francis Iaccino
Jordan Brahm
