{"id":41940,"date":"2023-04-30T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T17:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=41940"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T17:21:50","slug":"genesee-county-2023-stafford-fire-department-installation-of-officers-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/genesee-county-2023-stafford-fire-department-installation-of-officers-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/2023 Stafford Fire Department installation of officers and awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDZNoXh9lwg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Video-Awards and installation of officers for 2023- April 29, 2023-Batavia Country Club<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stafford Fire Department responded to 298 calls for service for 2022, up from 271 calls in 2021. The department had a total of 1,329 hours of training for both fire and EMS in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Installed Firematic Officers for 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chief<\/strong>-Timothy Eckdahl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1st Assistant Chief<\/strong>-Mark Dougherty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2nd Assistant Chief<\/strong>&#8211; Brian Pocock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3rd Assistant Chief<\/strong>-Brian Breemes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4th Assistant Chief<\/strong>-Kari Breemes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rescue Squad Captain<\/strong>-Randal Henning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rescue Squad Lieutenant<\/strong>&#8211; Julie Bobo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fire Police Captain<\/strong>-Donald Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fire Police Lieutenant<\/strong>-Ben Fox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Master Mechanic<\/strong>-Mark Dougherty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Training Officer<\/strong>&#8211; Brian Breemes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fire Chief Secretary<\/strong>-Julie Bobo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"860\" data-attachment-id=\"41968\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/genesee-county-2023-stafford-fire-department-installation-of-officers-and-awards\/20230429_191157\/\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Firefighter of the Year for 2022-Matt Hendershott<\/em><\/strong>-&#8220;Matt showed great leadership over the past few years, always willing to help train and share his knowledge with others, he guided the department through the pandemic, keeping all responders safe while responding to calls,&#8221; says Chief Tim Eckdahl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"539\" data-attachment-id=\"41967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/genesee-county-2023-stafford-fire-department-installation-of-officers-and-awards\/20230429_190722\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230429_190722.jpg?fit=2529%2C1515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2529,1515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Englerth Sr. 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Garth Swanson 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Berney Staats 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Delores Metcalf 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Platten 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Elsie Dool 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Regina Abdella 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Don Freeman 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Life Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Michele Klees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Klees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center 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The department had a total of 1,329 hours of training for both fire and EMS in 2022. Installed Firematic Officers for 2023 Chief-Timothy Eckdahl 1st Assistant Chief-Mark Dougherty 2nd Assistant Chief&#8211; Brian \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/genesee-county-2023-stafford-fire-department-installation-of-officers-and-awards\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-41940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stafford","tag-stafford-fire-dept-installation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-aUs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52315,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/genesee-county-stafford-fire-department-2024-installation-banquet-april-13-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":41940,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Stafford Fire Department 2024 Installation Banquet\/April 13, 2024","author":"aka","date":"April 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tc3HE4xhOBo Video of Installation and Awards Banquet at the Batavia Country Club on April 13, 2024. 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