{"id":59711,"date":"2015-01-16T08:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=59711"},"modified":"2015-01-16T09:18:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T14:18:25","slug":"vw-firefighter-completes-1-year-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/01\/16\/vw-firefighter-completes-1-year-probation\/","title":{"rendered":"City firefighter completes probation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Fire Department information<\/i><\/p>\n

Van Wert Fire Chief Jim Steele announced Thursday that city Firefighter Brock Profit has completed his one-year probationary period and received his permanent appointment with the Van Wert Fire Department as a firefighter, effective January 6.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert Firefighter Brock Profit (right) with Fire Captain Craig King. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Profit is the son of Terry and Vicki Profit and a 2009 graduate of Lincolnview High School. He previously attended the University of Northwestern Ohio.\u00a0Profit started as a reserve firefighter in January 2013 and was hired full-time in January of last year.<\/p>\n

Profit is a certified Level 2 firefighter, a nationally registered EMT, and is trained to the operations level of hazardous materials handling.<\/p>\n

During his probationary period, he has responded on more than 300 emergency runs and completed over 600 hours of additional fire and EMS training.\u00a0He completed the Ohio Fire School Specialized Rescue Technician Course, which encompasses advanced extrication techniques, high angle rope rescue, water rescue, trench rescue and confined space rescue.\u00a0 He also has a pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

Profit resides in the city, and remains active in the family business of Profit and Sons Farms.\u00a0He recently announced his engagement to Briana Mercer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Fire Department information Van Wert Fire Chief Jim Steele announced Thursday that city Firefighter Brock Profit has completed his one-year probationary period and received his permanent appointment with the Van Wert Fire Department as a firefighter, effective January 6. Profit is the son of Terry and Vicki Profit and a 2009 graduate of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 05:49:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}