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Atlanta Fire Department to welcome 55 new recruits

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Dec 20, 2011

The Atlanta Fire-Rescue Department will graduate 55 new recruits at a ceremony Wednesday night.

The 55 recruits completed nine months of training to obtain their licenses and certifications.

This will be the first class to graduate in a full dress Class B uniform; which includes a white shirt with badge and other insignia, black pants, and black shoes.

The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Ave.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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