Firefighter of the year:
Donald Lockwood
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Gainesville Fire Department and Rescue squad held their annual installation dinner on Saturday evening.
The department responded to 198 calls for 2022. 39 calls were fire related and 159 were rescue calls.
Top Fire responders :
Jim Bodensteiner
Dusty Deiter
Donald Lockwood
Josh Chase
Bob Zuidema
Chief’s Award:
Brandon Sandel
Top Rescue Responders:
Bob Zuidema
Tyler Horton
Alexis Sandel
President‘s Award:
Michelle Sacco
Engineering Officers for 2023:
Chief- Rob Patterson
Assistant Chief- Jeff Smith
1st Assistant Chief- Travis Hoffmeister
2nd Assistant Chief- Mike Horton
Captain- Brandon Sandel
Lieutenant- Josh Chase
Fire Police Captain- CJ Cousins
EMS Chief- Mike Horton
EMS Lieutenant- Val Lundy
EMS Lieutenant- Sue Stetzel