FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2014
(From left) Union County Freeholders Sergio Granados and Alexander Mirabella congratulate Joseph Cowper of the Kenilworth Fire Department on graduating from the Union County Fire Training Academy as part of the Fall 2013 Class during a graduation ceremony at Union County College in Cranford.
Firefighter Cowper earned the Chief Anthony Schepis Award for Excellence in Firefighter 1, the Battalion Chief Ken Nocera Memorial Award for Outstanding Excellence in Firefighter 1 and the Ben Laganga Leadership Award.
They are joined by Kenilworth Fire Chief Louis Giordino and Hillside Deputy Chief Steve Ruhl (Ret.), Dean of the Union County Fire Training Academy.
(Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)