GENESEE COUNTY/Stafford Fire Department 2024 Installation Banquet/April 13, 2024

Video of Installation and Awards Banquet at the Batavia Country Club on April 13, 2024.

The Stafford Volunteer Fire Department held their 2024 Installation and Awards Banquet at the Batavia Country Club on Saturday evening.

The department completed 1,303 training hours for both EMS and Fire. 847 of the hours were on the fire side covering topics such as SCBA confidence, hose line skills, ladder training, ventilation, gas emergencies, EVOC, vehicle extrication, and pump operations.

TOP FIRE TRAINING HOURS

1. Jason Smith

2. Brian Breemes

EMS Captain Randal Henning reports 456 hours of EMS Training covering topics such as CPR, blood pathogens, basic first aid, firefighter CPR, patient extrication, and patient packaging. Two members received their EMT Certification in 2023, which requires over 150 hours of classroom work, ambulance ride along time, and taking the state certification test.

TOP EMS TRAINING HOURS

1.Bonnies Logsdon

2.Megan Burton

The Stafford Fire Department responded to 284 calls in 2023, 60% were EMS calls. Genesee County Deputy Fire Coordinator Chuck Dodson swears in the 2024 officers of the department.

Chief-Timothy Eckdahl

1st Assistant Chief- Brian Pocock

2nd Assistant Chief Brian Breemes

3rd Assistant Chief- Kari Breemes

4th Assistant Chief-Jason Smith

Rescue Squad Captain- Randal Henning

Rescue Squad Lt.- Chad Rambach

Fire Police Captain-Donald Hall

Fire Police Lt.- Ben Fox

Master Mechanic-Brian Pocock

Training Officers- Brian Breemes and Matt Hendershott

Fire Chief’s Secretary Julie Bobo and Ashley Swartzenberg

TOP 10 RESPONDERS/FIREFIGHTERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2023

10. Ben Pocock

9. Brian Pocock and Don Hall

8. Ken Collins

7. Jason Smith

6. Ashley Swartzenberg

5. Mark Dougherty

4. Chris Penkszyk

3. Tim Eckdahl

2. Randal Henning

1. Brian Breemes

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