On September 22, 2023, the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD) held a formal graduation ceremony to celebrate the members of Recruit Class 170 at the Cecil R. Gehr Memorial Combat Training Center at headquarters in East Los Angeles.
Family and friends of the recruit class were joined by Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone, the Executive team, and the Recruit Training Cadre to honor the 36 graduates’ successful completion of the 17-week LACoFD Firefighter Training Academy.
During the ceremony, Recruit Class 170 were presented with their official LACoFD firefighter badges and proudly took an oath to serve residents and communities entrusted to their care.
Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone congratulated and recognized Class 170 for their dedication to public service by saying “I am confident you will stay dedicated to your career and prideful in your service to others…you are more than a firefighter on any given shift.”
Recruit Class 170 began their first assignments as probationary firefighters the next day.
Congratulations to the following new LACoFD probationary firefighters!
• Fire Fighter Jade Alamillo
• Fire Fighter Nicholas Amstutz
• Fire Fighter Clark Arizala
• Fire Fighter Christopher Bell
• Fire Fighter Grady Blain
• Fire Fighter Aldo Buenrostro
• Fire Fighter Blake Bursic
• Fire Fighter Dajon Curtis
• Fire Fighter Erik De Lima
• Fire Fighter Michael Earl
• Fire Fighter Christian Flint
• Fire Fighter Eliceo Gonzalez
• Fire Fighter Joey Gonzalez
• Fire Fighter Jeffrey Graf
• Fire Fighter David Lichtenstein
• Fire Fighter Ennio Mendizabal Jr.
• Fire Fighter Alejandro Montejo
• Fire Fighter Justin Moorhead
• Fire Fighter Jacob Morgan
• Fire Fighter Matthew Murr
• Fire Fighter James Narey
• Fire Fighter Nathan Ohara
• Fire Fighter Gabriel Peralta
• Fire Fighter Daylan Perry
• Fire Fighter Bryce Peterson
• Fire Fighter Austin Saunders
• Fire Fighter Brandon Sourbeer
• Fire Fighter Trevor Stratton
• Fire Fighter Parker Thomas
• Fire Fighter Mafileo Tupou
• Fire Fighter Justin Van Dyke
• Fire Fighter Michael Volaski
• Fire Fighter William Ward
• Fire Fighter Jason Win
• Fire Fighter Miguel Yex
• Fire Fighter Teofilo Zosa