Assistant Chief Tabittha Beck's Graduation Speech

"As your Assistant Chief, I would like to Thank All of You for making this a Great year. Through this year, we were told multiple times by other Firefighters how lucky we were to have this program and how they wished they would have had the opportunity to have it when they were going through high school. We look at it as what would we have done without the Academy. Most of us would not know what direction to go towards.

If it was not for the Concord Fire Department, Chief Barlow, and everyone else who has donated or been involved in starting and making this Academy a success, we wouldn't have our first Fire Truck, first Wet Down Ceremony, first Awards Night, and many more "firsts" to come.

I would like to Thank everyone who believed in us and helped to get us to where we are today. I would also like to give a huge thanks to Chief Barlow for teaching us not only the classes we needed but to also have Respect, Trust, and to work together as a Family."

Tabittha Beck - Assistant Chief
Concord High School Fire Academy
Class of 2011