Toledo firefighters being promoted, from left, Captain Bryce D. Blair, Jr. (to battalion chief), Lieutenants Mike and Mark Benadum (both brothers to captains), and privates Robert Swartz, Matt Viertlbeck, and Jeremy J. Vedra (all to lieutenant), stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department promotions ceremony at One Government Center in Toledo.
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Toledo Mayor Mike Bell addresses firefighters being promoted. Fire Chief Luis Santiago listens, left.
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Gavan Benadum, 20, left, pins captain bars on his father, Mike Benadum, as he is promoted. Mike's brother, Mark, in background was also promoted.
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Maggie Viertlbeck, holding son Mason 1, watches as her husband, Matt Viertlbeck and six other Toledo firefighters, are promoted. Matt became a lieutenant.
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Toledo Fire Captain Bryce D. Blair, Jr., becomes a battalion chief, as his family from left, son Bryce, 13, wife Cherie, and daughter Eryn, 11, pin his new bars on him.
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Brothers Mike, left, and Mark Benadum, both lieutenants being promoted to captains in the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, applaud the promotion of Capt. Bryce D. Blair, Jr., to battalion chief.
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Brothers Mark Benadum, left, and Mike Benadum, right, are sworn in as captains.
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Brothers Mark Benadum, left, and Mike Benadum, get their captain bars. Pinning bars on Mark are sons Alec, 11, and Jordan 12. Looking on at right is Rev. Terry Smith. Gavan Benadum, 20, pins the bars on his father Mike Benadum, in background.
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Toledo firefighters Jeremy Vedra, from left, Matt Viertlbeck, and Robert Swartz, are sworn in as lieutenants by battalion chief David Dauer, right.
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Toledo firefighter Matt Viertlbeck gets his lieutenant bars pinned on by his wife, Maggie, as son Max 3, looks up from below.
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Toledo firefighter Robert Swartz, right, gets his lieutenant bars pinned on by daughter Samantha, 20, and wife Judie. Jeremy J. Verda, back left, gets bars from his father, John, and Matt Viertlbeck gets his bars pinned on by wife Maggie, center. Six firefighters received promotions.
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Brothers Mark Benadum, left, and Mike Benadum, right, are sworn in as captains by battalion chief David Dauer.
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