Photo Gallery: Verdugo Fire Academy Class 19 graduation
Verdugo Fire Academy director Sam DiGiovanna, center, gives cadet and class guide Kenneth Cabanas his certificate of completion during the Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy director Sam DiGiovanna speaks during the Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy director Sam DiGiovanna, left, gives cadet Patrick Harris the certificate of completion during the Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy instructor Rick Burroughs gives one of two awards (athletic and academic awards) to cadet Michael Tibi during the Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy Class 19 at the Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Family and friends were present for the Verdugo Fire Academy Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy cadet and Bravo Platoon Leader Stevontae Topsy speaks during the Class 19 Basic Fire Academy Graduation at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Verdugo Fire Academy Class 19 graduates congratulate each other after the Basic Fire Academy Graduation ceremony at Glendale College in Glendale on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Twenty-six cadets were present for the ceremony along with family and friends. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)