FIRE ACADEMY CELEBRATES FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY SINCE COVID

(above) Frank Wendling III, Frank Wendling, Jr., and Max Wendling graduated together from the Somerset County Fire Academy this January. They decided to join Montgomery Fire Company #1 after Montgomery firefighters rescued Frank III’s girlfriend Julia from her car after it was swept away in the raging waters of Hurricane Ida. “After we heard that Julia had been saved, my two sons responded that they would be joining the fire department the next day,” said Frank Jr. “They followed through, and after some serious soul searching, thinking I was too old, and talking to every fireman that I know, I also decided to give it a try.”