Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Unionville senior earns Cadet of Year honors
Jordan Marzolk, a senior from Unionville High School has earned the title of Cadet Of The Year during graduation day for the 2018 class members of the Octorara Homeland Security and Protective Services Academy. The academy is a half-day high school program open to all Chester County students to train for careers in firefighting, emergency medical, and law enforcementrelated careers.
As a toddler, Marzolk was passionate about fire engines and airplanes. The local fire department where he lived in Pittsburgh knew him by name from his many visits. At age 14, he began training and volunteering to be a first responder, accumulating more than 1,000 hours of training.
Today, he is an AP/Honors student at Unionville High School in the morning and travels to the Chester County Public Safety Training Center for the second half of his day, where he earned national certifications in firefighting, hazardous materials, vehicle rescue, emergency medical technician and emergency management.
Marzolk is a member of the Unionville National Honor Society. He also scored advanced in both the written and practical for the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute for the Protective Services field.
Marzolk is an active volunteer with Po-Mar-Lin and Avondale Fire companies. He was the 2017 Firefighter of the Year at Po-Mar-Lin. He has taken many additional training classes such as Aircraft Rescue, Building Construction, and Fire Dynamics. He is a certified fire police officer. He is also an FAA Certified Private Pilot.
Marzolk received a citation for assisting in the rescue of the occupants at Barclay Friends in West Chester.
Marzolk will attend Marywood University to study Business Aviation Operations and Commercial Pilot curriculum.