KAUKAUNA — Three new recruits have recently completed their training academy with the Kaukauna Fire Department.
The recruits are:
Jeremy Uitenbroek, who grew up in Kaukauna and previously worked with the Kaukauna Fire Department as a paid, on-call firefighter.
Brianna Craanen, who previously interned with the Kaukauna Fire Department. She went to Appleton West High School and Renaissance School for the Arts and earned her associate’s degree in fire protection at Fox Valley Technical College. She will begin paramedic schooling in August.
Cash Vosters, who grew up in Hollandtown and graduated from Kaukauna High School in 2023. He graduated in May with an associate’s degree in fire protection from Fox Valley Technical College. Before that, he was a volunteer firefighter in Wrightstown for approximately four years. He is also a volunteer EMT for Southern Brown County and the Town of Buchanan.
The three recruits began their training in mid-June.
Training included water rescue training, which they did at the Kaukauna pool, high-rise rescue including climbing 100 flights of stairs and putting out 10 fires, crash extraction, work on the new ladder truck and more. The training process was documented in social media posts by the fire department.
