Graduate Recruit Tabittha Beck Completes her Firefighter I,II Certification

The culmination of more than 400 hours of Training
Just a little bit warm
Most brand new helmets don't look like this
Brand new Gear got a bit warm as well

Former student Assistant Chief Tabittha Beck and Graduate of the Concord High School Fire Academy completed her Firefighter I,II State Certification in late December of 2011 and just received her Certificates in the mail on Friday February 24, 2012. She completed her certifications with a Live Burn in December and another Live Structure Burn several weeks ago. Tabbi is the second recruit from our Fire Academy to complete her state certifications through the Concord High School Fire Academy and the Community College.
She completed 14 of her 21 classes through the CHS Fire Academy.

Tabbi is one that truly loves the experiences she has gleaned from the Concord High School Fire Academy and continues to do the same with all of her classes through the Fire Department and in her Fire Protection Technology class at Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Tabbi is currently taking her Emergency Medical Technician class and is looking forward to a lot more training as she continues on her journey toward a full time career in the Fire Service.

During her most recent Live Burn Training Tabbi hung out with the Live Burn Instructor and assisted in building the fires for the Hose Teams to extinguish. Tabbi's brand new Turnout Gear suffered a bit of Heat Damage but she was glad to finally get the house really "HOT" so that she could make the last run on it before letting it go.

Congratulations and Welcome to the Brotherhood - Little Sister!
Chief Barlow

Tabbi is a member of the Mt. Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department
serving both Rowan and Cabarrus Counties.