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The Fire Academy of Central Carolina Community College graduated 13 cadets during an April 1 ceremony at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. All were already volunteer fire fighters at central North Carolina fire departments and are now eligible to be hired as certified fire fighters. The graduates, their sponsoring departments and their trainers are (front, from left) Lt. Tim Houston, assistant Fire Academy coordinator; Dalton John Stone and Clay Dixon Griffin, both of the Pittsboro Fire Department; Kenneth Taylor Duncan, E.M. Holt Fire Department; Christopher Thomas Mullenski, Wake New Hope Fire Department; Joshua Thomas Sosdian, Apex Fire Department; Capt. Wilbert "Tramp" Dunn, Fire Academy coordinator; Steven McDowell Easter, Siler City Fire Department; Michael Melvin Cockman, Franklinville Fire Department; Wade Edward White, Tramway Fire Department; Lucas James Perry, Apex Fire Department; Brandon George Strickland, Tramway Fire Department; Tyler Christian Harris, Apex Fire Department; and Capt. Cy Richardson, Fire Academy coordinator; and (back row, from left) Michael Leverne Jackson, Carolina Trace Fire Department; and Colton Andrew Barrington, Wake Forest Fire Department. The next Fire Academy class starts in August. For information, go to http://www.cccc.edu/estc and click on 'Fire and Rescue Training' or contact Joey Shue, CCCC Fire and Rescue coordinator, at 919-777-7778 or jshue@cccc.edu.