Eleven Recruits Begin Their Shifts Wednesday, 01 July 2009 Local 302 would like to welcome the eleven new firefighters that graduated from the Allentown Fire Academy on Friday, May 26th. They have now been assigned to their platoons. Assigned to the 1st Platoon are Lloyd Evans, Matt Eharth, Mark Kennedy, Chad Long, and Ronald Conway Jr. The 2nd Platoon received EX-Allentown EMS Guru Mike Matchette. The 3rd Platoon got three. They are Brennen Harding, Vincent Kidd and Joe Kemmerer. The 4th will be seeing John Burkhart and Aaron Pychinka. **Photo taken by Karen Ensley - Click photo to enlarge. Add Comment (0)

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Welcome to the official webpage of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 302! This site contains a wealth of information about Local 302 as well as the Allentown Fire Department. Our site features information ranging from news and legislation which impacts Local 302 to descriptions of our Stations and Apparatus. We also have a special page for children where you will find fire safety tips, a coloring book and a link where you may visit Sparky the Fire Dog! We invite you to tour our pages and visit often as we will always be adding new content.

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