Members of the Grapevine Fire Department gathered at Firehouse 1 on March 7 for a promotion and swearing-in ceremony.

Promoted were engineer Russell Chambers to captain, and firefighters/paramedics Michael Butschek, David Dunn and Brad Feldpausch to driver engineer.

Due to retirements over the last year, 10 new firefighters were sworn in. The new firefighters/paramedics are Richard Adkins, William Fergeson, Evin Garrett, Michael Howard, Daniel Malone, Brennan Palmer and Joshua Schmidt. The new firefighters/emergency medical technicians are Michael Angell, Christopher Holmes and Kollin Mata.

Each of these men went through several tests and interviews prior to being invited to join the Grapevine Fire Department.