COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Fire Academy (OFA) announces its first graduating class of 2024, which consists of 29 cadets from across the state. Members of this graduating class represent a wide range of backgrounds and diverse experiences. Graduates will be recognized at a graduation ceremony at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 12 at the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Ohio Fire Academy at 8895 East Main Street Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068.
A list of graduating cadets and their hometowns is below:
| Andrews, Jared DCuyahoga Falls | Ford, Tanner DouglasLeesburg | Ory, JoshuaColumbus |
| Angle, Britton KLima | Hildebrand, Samuel LMason | Rush, Caleb JosephVersaillles |
| Barnes, BlayneColumbus | Hoppe, Drew JBelle Center | Ryman, Nathan MatthewQuincy |
| Baxter, Jakob PWarren | Householder, Koby SPataskala | Sanchez, NicholasNew Albany |
| Brannon, Nicolas AWashington Court House | Johnston, Michael CAurora | Silva, StephanyWest Union |
| Cecil, CadenNewark | Kalb, Faith ENevada | Smart, Jonathan RobertAthens |
| Eaches, Todd AIronton | Kromer, Benjamin PaulCarey | Smith, Matthew JamesPataskala |
| Edstrom, Per H.CColumbus | Mallon, Gerard JamesNew Marshfield | Taylor, MasonBremen |
| Filipiak, Kenneth RobertMentor | Messmore, Austin MPickerington | Treece, Brandon ThomasWesterville |
| Flaitz, RiverRavenna | Offenberger, HadenWaterford |
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