Excerpts from wifr.com:
Four months ago, 17 men and women became recruits for the Rockford Fire Department. Friday, 16 of them graduated.
Rockford Fire Chief Derek Bergsten says this class brings the fire department back to full staff. The 16 firefighters were selected from more than 600 applicants.
Included in the class is Natalie Adasiewicz who is one of fewer than ten women in the department and the sixth generation of firefighters in her family.
