Always willing to lend a hand and great work ethic is how LeRoy Fire Chief Tim Hogle describes Firefighter of the Year, Kevin McCrary.
(Left to right-2nd Assist. Chief Craig Johnson, 1st Assist. Chief Thomas Wood, Kevin McCrary and Chief Tim Hogle)
“He is a very hard worker, from the hall, to calls ,to our fundraisers. You see him at the hall cleaning the apparatus, checking the tools and equipment and cleaning up around the hall.”
The Department responded to 419 calls in 2017.
First Assistant Chief ,Thomas Wood, was the Top Responder, with 303 calls.
Wood says during the storms in March and April the department responded to 75 calls during power outages that shut down the Village .
The Chief’s Award went to all the firefighters involved during the storms.
Thomas Wood, Christina Marrinaccio, Dave Ehrhart Sr., Joe Orlando, Jerry Diskin, Anthony Deflice, Rick Bater, William Wood, Kenneth Davis, Craig Johnson, Dale Ehrhart, John Johnson, Brandon Connolly, Michael Green, Burt Manley, John Hurd, Terry Kanaley, Stephany McVicker, Wendy Johnson, Josh Pfendler, Melisa Suriidge, Jeff Freeman, David Ehrart Jr., Jared Chick, Scott Newman, Kevin McCrary, Justin Connolly, Elijah Flansburg, Pete Loftus, Mike Miller, Leeanne Miller, Christie Main-Miller, Donna Kanaley, Laurie Bater, Kathy Wood, Elise Lauricella.
Three people were recognized with a Commendation after an incident at the Save A Lot store in LeRoy where a woman suffered a cardiac event that stopped her heart.
ENCON Officer Fay Fuerch, Officer Greg Kellog and Firefighter Rob Radley were recognized for starting life saving measures before the arrival of LeRoy Ambulance. While the woman never fully recovered, their lifesaving efforts allowed time for her only remaining son to arrive home and say goodbye to his mother.