Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, MDFR took extraordinary safety measures, including mask-wearing and social distancing, to help ensure continuous professional career development for the graduating recruits. All this was done with consideration for the safety and wellbeing of the fire recruits and instructors, without compromising our mission of developing probationary firefighters that are day one ready to fulfill the mission of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Following rigorous and skilled training, a total of 28 recruits from Class 146 will officially receive their badges and become full-time Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighters.

During the graduation ceremony, uniformed recruits from Class 146 will receive their certificates and have their badges pinned by MDFR Fire Chief Alan R. Cominsky.

Friday’s ceremony will be live-streamed so friends and family of the recruits can watch live. Given this health emergency, attendance to the ceremony will be limited to necessary fire personnel, the recruits, and selected guests of the recruits.

Watch live: https://vimeo.com/547501005

Media Note: Interviews will be available in English and Spanish.

MDFR unit E50 will attend the graduation ceremony for Class 146.

MDFR Firefighter Michael Zuccaro, who suffered a cardiac arrest back in February and is now recovering, will also be in attendance pinning his son, Zack Zuccaro, who is one of the 28 recruits who will be graduating during Friday’s ceremony.

Firefighter Zuccaro’s other son, Todd Zuccaro, is currently part of the fire crew riding on E50 in his father's bid riding position. E50’s attendance at the graduation ceremony for Class 146 would allow for the "family" truck to be present, as well as for all the Zuccaros to gather for this special occasion.