LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Over 40 firefighters swore an oath to serve and protect the Louisville community.
Louisville Fire and the Pleasure Ridge Park Protection District welcomed its latest graduating class during a ceremony on Thursday at Slugger Field.
Eight will be headed to PRP and the remaining 36 will join various stations within Louisville Fire.
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Two of the graduates were women.
"The training has been and will continue to be strenuous, mentally and physically challenging and with the purpose of becoming a professional firefighter and serving our great communities," Col. Rick Adkisson, with Louisville Fire, said
The graduation marked the 187th recruit class to successfully complete the training academy.
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