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The graduates
AVON PARK, Fla. – Jan. 8, 2025 – South Florida State College (SFSC) honored 37 graduating students from three Public Safety programs in a ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 7 on the SFSC Highlands Campus in Avon Park.
The 12 cadets from SFSC’s Fire Science Academy are: Pierre Beaucicot, Zachary Durastani, Davian Gamez-Cendejas, David Hagelstein III, Makayla Jones, Jhezer Maranan, Ismael Majia, ESean Miller, Christian Newport, Sheldon Rossin, Caden Storts, and Johnathan Young. Special recognition went to Christina Newport for attaining the highest GPA in the class.
The 12 cadets from the Paramedic program are: Terrance Adams, Jillian Barber, David Heflin, Juan Marcial-Arciniega, Dominic Matute, Ian McGuirk, Scott Moller, Sabrina Page, Kristin Robie, Aaron Wertz, Ceceil Williams, and Michael Yount. Special recognition went to Kristin Robie for attaining the highest GPA in lecture and to Ian McGuirk for the highest GPA in lab.
The 13 cadets from the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program are: Sylvia Arevalo-Perez, Cheney Brady, Trevor Cooke, Jacob Delong, Michael Dunn, Cayley Franks, Kristian Gonzalez, Elizabeth Hayn, Khair Lightfoot-Muhammad, Francisco Olivero Jr., Rebecca Oser, Armando Otero-Rivera, and Nicholas Wetherington. Special recognition went to Armando Otero-Rivera for attaining the highest GPA in lecture and to Cayley Franks for highest GPA in lab.
Steve Ashworth, director of the EMS and Fire Science programs, presented the graduate address during the ceremony.
Graduates of the Firefighter Career Certificate program have completed 492 contact hours of training. A cohort of cadets enroll in the Firefighter I course, often with the expectation of continuing through to Firefighter II training. Firefighter II training is required for those who wish to be employed as professional firefighters in Florida.
The paramedic graduates completed an 11-month College Credit Certificate course offered through SFSC’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program. Paramedics work as part of an emergency response team called out to traffic accidents, fires, and other life-threatening situations.
The EMT graduates completed the 16 weeks of training, or 300 contact hours, in the program. Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to apply to take the Florida EMT State Board Exam. EMTs function as part of an emergency rescue and transportation team by responding to emergency calls through a dispatch system, operating emergency vehicles safely, assessing scenes of accidents or illnesses, setting priorities for treating patients based on their degree of illness or injury, providing pre-hospital emergency care to treat trauma, shock, wounds, and other medical issues.
For more information about any of SFSC’s Public Safety programs, call 863-784-7278 or visit southflorida.edu.
