Fire Chief WInston Salomon presented two new fire officers to the media. The new officers, Clive Richardson and Silvanico Pauletta, have been welcomed at the local fire department after finishing an 18 month training course at the NIFV - Brandweeracademie (Dutch Fire College) in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The gentlemen started working on April 1, 2009. The Island Government of Sint Maarten employed the two men in 2007 and they left immediately on a study assignment at the fire college.

The Sint Maarten FIre Department is very pleased with this expansion of their management team, which now consists of 5 persons: Winston Salomon (Fire Chief), Paul Martens (disaster management), Frans Nieuwenhoven (senior fire officer) and the two new officers.

		From left to right: Clive Richardson, Fire Chief Winston Salomon and Silvanico Pauletta