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Somerville Gets Three New Firefighters

Three new Somerville Firefighters graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow on June 2.

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From left to right: Firefighter Brian Langton, Firefighter Christopher Tirrell, Chief Charles Breen, and Firefighter Alex Artinian.
From left to right: Firefighter Brian Langton, Firefighter Christopher Tirrell, Chief Charles Breen, and Firefighter Alex Artinian. (Courtesy of Somerville Fire Department)

SOMERVILLE, MA – Somerville got three new firefighters this month. Brian Langton, Christopher Tirrell, and Alex Artinian just graduated from the state academy.

The three new firefighters were members of the Career Recruit Firefighter Class # 311 and graduated on Friday, June 2, in a ceremony at the Department of Fire Services, One State Road, Stow.

They were given their new assignments and will report to Union Square, Highland Avenue and Somerville Avenue fire stations on June 8, Somerville Fire Chief Charles Breen wrote in an email.

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