Draft Day: Firefighter event gives RCCC graduates chance to showcase skills

1/3 A firefighter works to extinguish a vehicle fire during the Firefighter Draft Day on Saturday

SALISBURY — Graduates of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College firefighter certification program had an opportunity to show off their skills at the first-ever Firefighter Draft Day on Saturday.

The draft was held at the Fire and Emergency Services Training Facility on the Salisbury campus, and was the brainchild of instructor Renee Lutz, who said she wanted to help recent graduates find jobs throughout the area.

“What better way to sell themselves to the departments than by performing all the skills that are required as a firefighter in front of these departments. That was pretty much how draft day was dreamed up. I took it obviously from the football combine and said let’s do it with firemen,