BUCKFASTLEIGH Fire Station welcomes two new, fully competent firefighters as Jordan and Karl make the grade.

Firefighters Karl Osborne and Jordan Reynolds have both sat their end of development practical and technical assessment, and both were successful.

This means that they move from development status to fully competent firefighters.

Karl Osborne, right, is now a fully competent firefighter with Buckfastleigh Fire Station
Karl Osborne, right, is now a fully competent firefighter with Buckfastleigh Fire Station (Photo by Buckfastleigh Fire Station)

'Their hard work and commitment to learning has never wavered and tonight they reaped the benefits, well done to them both not only are they both committed to developing our team they bring with it two great sense of humours and lots of laughs' a spokesman for Buckfastleigh Fire Station said.