{"id":51441,"date":"2024-03-10T18:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=51441"},"modified":"2024-03-10T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T23:38:37","slug":"genesee-county-town-of-batavia-fire-department-installs-officers-and-announces-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/genesee-county-town-of-batavia-fire-department-installs-officers-and-announces-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Town of Batavia Fire Department installs officers and announces awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"386\" data-attachment-id=\"51437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/20240309_194032\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1097&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C329&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C878&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C64&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_194032-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Officers sworn in for 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Town of Batavia Fire Department responded to a total of 541 calls in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fires-47 MVA\/EMS assist-112 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hazardous Conditions-29 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service calls\/stand by-29 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good intent\/investigations-30 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire Alarms-290 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">__________________________________________________________________________________________________ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Town of Batavia Fire Department received the County Award for the most hours for county and state trainings for a total of 1,125 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Members with the most hours of training<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jon Parker 165 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwayne Fonda 163 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Hunt 99 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Tripp-84 <\/p>\n\n\n\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\/Ov--CRJYadM?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\"><em><strong>Video of Installation Banquet at Terry Hills March 9, 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src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/snapshot_002-4-1024x576.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:41.98212%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"51448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/genesee-county-town-of-batavia-fire-department-installs-officers-and-announces-awards\/20240310_165034\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240310_165034.jpg?fit=1890%2C1471&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1890,1471\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240310_165034-1024x797.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1471\" data-id=\"51448\" data-link=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?attachment_id=51448\" data-url=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240310_165034-1024x797.jpg\" data-width=\"1890\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240310_165034-1024x797.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Jim Bouton was the Top Responder for 2023 at 343 calls, Jim retired from Genesee County Emergency Management Office in 2019.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/30\/genesee-county-bouton-retires-from-genesee-county-emergency-management\/\">GENESEE COUNTY\/Bouton retires from Genesee County Emergency Management \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TOP RESPONDERS<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Bouton-343 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor Rivenburgh-268, Tyler Stewart-231, Paul Dibble-198, James Ward-179, Ian Sanfratello-175, Dwayne Fonda Jr.- 173, Josh Boyle-169, Clayton Gorski-167, Robert Hunt-159, Brian Bentley-145, Mike Buke-143, Tom Cunningham-104, John Garlock-100, Steven Kowalcyk-100, Chief\/Chris Strathearn-168. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"663\" data-attachment-id=\"51436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/20240309_195156\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_195156-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1885&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1885\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991U&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1710013916&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0357&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20240309_195156\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_195156-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_195156.jpg?resize=900%2C663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51436\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Honored for 50 years of Service, Gary Diegelman receives a citation from Barry Flansburg\/representing Assemblyman Steve Hawley&#8217;s Office.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>YEARS OF SERVICE AWARDS<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gary Diegleman-50 years, Paul Dibble-35 years, Tim Yaeger-35 years, Rich Schildwaster-25 years, Don Koziol-25 years, Bryan Moscicki-5 years, Tom Marlowe-5 years, Bill Allen-5 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" data-attachment-id=\"51435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/20240309_195844\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240309_195844-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1699&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1699\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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