I know Lt Gary Howard of the FDNY told me that back in 1968, he only got six weeks of training out on what was then called Welfare Island ( now Roosevelt Island)
This is a really nice documentary of the Family Day and Graduation of Probie FDNY FF Joseph Soto, whose daughter is noticeably present-- as daddy goes through various training rituals and then there is all the pageantry ( with bagpipers of course) of the graduation itself, with hizzoner the Mayor and then Commissioner Cassano and a cast of well-- loads of people.
The training now is practically six months and is the first step of the year and a half probationary period for NYC Firefighters, who are among the best trained, if the not THE best trained, in the world... ( training which continues when they get to the Firehouse.)
Below are some of the scenes of this great little drama/documentary, which is not really all that long and gives you a real feel for the whole situation and ceremony.
It was made, I notice, but an outfit called AllHailChri5Productions, which has a page on YouTube which I include here so you can see the kind of stuff they do..
Above: Probationary FF Joseph Soto and his daughter on Family Day.
Above: Joseph Soto demonstrates putting out a car fire...
Rappelling down a building... Soto can be seen in the center
Above: Soto again at Graduation with all the other Probies
Below: Probies marching and chanting in a military drill march as part of their training
Below: The Graduation Ceremony with bigwigs present during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner
I am so glad I stumbled on this, as I said, it is such a nicely done modern style documentary (no narration) --just a title or two at the beginning; below--the page with information about the company that made the documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkKFCOyeNg
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