Eleven Gilmer firefighters are department’s first CODA grads

Members of the first graduating class of Gilmer Fire and Rescue’s new Company Officer Development Academy (CODA) are pictured after completing the 15-week training program. Pictured, from left: Robert Padgett, Mark Glover, Christopher Harrell, Geoffrey Daves, Terrance Evans, Michael Schminky, Tiffany Czirok, Michael Dockery, William Sergent and Colton Prather. CODA graduate Jessica Perkins is not pictured.