{"id":159756,"date":"2026-03-10T23:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159756\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:03:36","slug":"queen-creek-gilbert-firefighters-complete-captains-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159756\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Creek, Gilbert firefighters complete captain\u2019s training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AZfamily-e1773087675946-300x170.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-803318\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: After several months of training, the next generation of Arizona fire captains are ready to lead their crews!<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two dozen East Valley firefighters completed their training at the captain\u2019s academy. <\/p>\n<p>Fifteen firefighters from the Gilbert Fire Department and eight from Queen Creek Fire Department dedicated 160 hours to classroom instruction and hands-on training.<\/p>\n<p>During their training, the firefighters earned college credit through a partnership with Phoenix College, building skills and confidence to be great leaders. <\/p>\n<p>Soon, graduates will step into their new roles as captain, working to keep our Valley communities safe!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the 23 new fire captains from Gilbert and Queen Creek!<\/p>\n<p>KTVK-TV CBS 3 &amp; KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: After several months of training, the next generation of Arizona fire captains are ready to lead their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1458,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-159756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-arizona","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}