{"id":789,"date":"2023-04-11T11:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/?p=789"},"modified":"2023-04-11T11:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:15:54","slug":"cfd-welcomes-new-firefighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/cfd-welcomes-new-firefighter\/","title":{"rendered":"CFD Welcomes New Firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus Fire Department Welcomes New Columbus Firefighter<\/p>\n<p>The Columbus Fire Department welcomed a new Columbus Firefighter to the department on Tuesday morning. Jeremiah Tracey, 28, was sworn in by Mayor Jim Lienhoop during Tuesday\u2019s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter Tracey is 2013 graduate of Seymour High School and a 2016 graduate of Ball State University, where Tracey earned a Bachelor\u2019s of Science Degree in Criminology. Firefighter Tracey has been a member of the fire service since 2019 and had previously worked for the Seymour Indiana and Bloomington Indiana Fire Departments.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter Tracey is a state certified Emergency Medical Technician and Indiana Firefighter I &amp; II certified. Additional certifications include Confined Space Rescue Technician, Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics, Fire Instructor and Rope Rescue Technician.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter Tracey will undergo a department orientation and training program under the supervision of the Columbus Fire Department\u2019s Training Division.\u00a0 At the completion of all training requirements, Firefighter Tracey will receive a station and shift assignment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"(Left to Right- Fire Chief Andy Lay, Firefighter Jeremiah Tracy, Kinley Tracey, Mrs. Kelly Tracey, Mayor Jim Lienhoop) Firefighter Jeremiah Tracey was sworn in by Mayor Jim Lienhoop during Tuesday\u2019s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting at City Hall. The Tracey Family poses for a photo following a swearing in ceremony at Columbus City Hall. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/IMG_3438-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Left to Right- Fire Chief Andy Lay, Firefighter Jeremiah Tracey, Kinley Tracey, Mrs. Kelly Tracey, Mayor Jim Lienhoop)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus Fire Department Welcomes New Columbus Firefighter The Columbus Fire Department welcomed a new Columbus Firefighter to the department on Tuesday morning. Jeremiah Tracey, 28, was sworn in by Mayor Jim Lienhoop during Tuesday\u2019s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting at City Hall. Firefighter Tracey is 2013 graduate of Seymour High School and a  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 00:46:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}