{"id":7440,"date":"2025-03-25T03:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2025-03-25T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T03:29:17","slug":"ottawa-fire-department-welcomes-new-firefighter-shaw-local-news-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7440","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Fire Department welcomes new firefighter &#8211; Shaw Local News Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shawlocal.com\/resizer\/WticrSE57C7myOZxjwcpseI9JOY%3D\/1200x630\/filters%3Aformat%28jpg%29%3Aquality%2870%29%3Afocal%28561x503%3A571x513%29\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/shawmedia\/VYRMRIDAUJED5KMBF5IJYSCOTA.jpg?w=860&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/><span>New Ottawa firefighter Max Biesack, who recently graduated from the Illinois Fire Service Institute Fire Academy and was hired in February, poses for a picture with Deputy Chief Mike Mills and Fire Chief Brian Bressner. <\/span>(Photo Provided By Ottawa Fire Department)<br \/>Max Biesack graduated from the Illinois Fire Service Institute Academy and will join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa<\/a> Fire Department in the upcoming weeks.<br \/>He was hired and sworn in along with six other firefighters in February.<br \/>Biesack will spend the next several weeks completing additional courses in vehicle extrication and other fire operations.<br \/>Once these courses are finished, he will join shift two as a firefighter\/EMT-B while beginning a yearlong paramedic program.<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2023 Shaw Local News Network<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2023 Shaw Local News Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOaWFvUEhFMUVMVzB5QVpQczZMRkN3YVVEOGUwWmtsZG5Md21QSDBYckYxbHMwYVF3ZGozVFU1blloenhXSlBMZVNXYTBnbGdEbHAzRklUM24zYWZOZk1jVDB2LVlEZjl0UFdZdnhCQWhSdUc2T3R4WElxa3ZxRC1TQUd4ZnpGWUtELVlSUldrWWVhQVdTMGwwSjB3cHZpdjg1aTdv?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Ottawa firefighter Max Biesack, who recently graduated from the Illinois Fire Service Institute Fire Academy and was hired in February, poses for a picture with Deputy Chief Mike Mills and Fire Chief Brian Bressner. 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