From left: Mark McCullah, Jon Bensley, Battalion Chief Stephen Healy, and Fire Chief Randy Bradley. Photo Lucy Amaral

The Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) held a badge pinning ceremony November 3, promoting Firefighters Jon Bensley and Mark McCullah to the rank of Captain. Bensley, who has worked as an emergency room technician in Walnut Creek and paramedic in Fresno, joined MOFD in 2006 as a firefighter/paramedic and was promoted to engineer in 2008. McCullah started with MOFD as a reserve in 2004 and was hired as a firefighter/paramedic in 2006. He is currently on MOFD's swift water rescue team, an instructor for rescue boat operations and Rapid Intervention Crew, and an academy instructor.