Family, friends celebrate OFR promotions at badge-pinning ceremony

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Odessa Fire Rescue made some promotions at its badge pinning ceremony on Friday, moving more than 25 people up to the next rank in their career.

"Feels good but gotta keep working, gotta keep pushing past paramedics and whatever's next," said Alex Villanueva, a future OFR paramedic.

A packed crowd at the Texas Tech Health Science Center on Friday, cheering on Odessa's firefighters and paramedics. OFR held the badge pinning ceremony at the Science Center's campus so friends and families of the brave first responders could enjoy the ceremony with air conditioning, rather than dealing with the summer heat.