Last Friday, Pingree Grove & Countryside held its Annual Awards Ceremony. Awards were given for Years of Service, Personal Accomplishments, Hurricane Deployment, Life Saving, Unit Citations, Outside Commendations and a Special Award was Given to Chief Herrmann from the Hampshire Fire District. This year Awards were given for Five Incidents.

Highlights of the Evening were:

-MABAS Deployment: Lt Pat Heinz

-Five Years of Service: F/F Eric Wonneberger and F/F Eric Rissman

-Twenty Years of Service: Lt Pat Heinz

-Call #24-1102 June 24, 2024
Life Saving Award: F/F Bartlett, Lt Demes, Capt Fehrman, F/F LaPorte, F/F Lenox, F/F MacDonald, F/F Saccomanno, and F/F A. Stout.
Commendation Award: LifeNet Helicopter Pilot Sparkowski. Flight Nurse Freidel and Flight Nurse McCracken.

-Call #24-1292 July 18, 2024
Life Saving & Unit Citation Awards: F/F Bartlett, F/F Bonilla, Capt Fehrman, F/F Haro, F/F N. Howell, F/F Karassy, F/F Keys, F/F Lenox
F/F MacDonald, F/F Saccomanno and F/F Wonneberger.
Commendation Awards: Burlington Fire F/F Bookman, F/F Duesler, Fox River Fire Lt Esparza, D/C Niesel, F/F Termni, F/F Wright,
Hampshire Fire F/F Bloomberg, F/F Blonskij, D/C Larson, Lt Rice, F/F Sardo, Life Star Helicopter Pilot Farrell, RN Esposito and
Flight Medic Smith Accurate Towing Adam Benn, Allen's Towing Ted Tegman and Redman's Towing Robert Rohner.
This call was the Call of the Month for July 2024, and Call of the Year for 2024 from St Joe's Hospital EMS System.

-Call #24-1542 August 25, 2024
Life Saving: Lt Demes, F/F E. Demes, F/F Gillespie, F/F MacDonald and F/F Platt
Commendation: Pingree Grove Police Officer Sears, KaneComm Dispatcher Moore and Civilian Thomas Ziebell.
Ms. Maline was with us to meet the Personnel that took care of her on this call.

-Call #24-1774 September 26, 2024
Life Saving: F/F Berrera, F/F Cwik, Lt Heinz, F/F N. Howell and F/F Sena
Unit Citation: F/F Berrera, F/F Carlini, F/F Cwik, LT Heinz, F/F N. Howell, F/F Rissman and F/F Sena
Mr. Jack Greenlee was with us to meet the Personnel that took care of him on this call
This Call was the Call of the Month for September from the St Joe's hospital EMS System.

-Call #24-2039 November 6, 2024
Life Saving & Unit Citation: F/F Beasly, Captain Fehrman, F/F Karassy, F/F Lenox, F/F MacDonald, F/F Saccomanno and F/F Wonneberger
Commendation Award: Life Star Helicopter Pilot Helmes, RN Esposito and Flight Medic Struwing

-A Special Presentation was made for Chief Trevor Hermann of the Hampshire Fire District. He is retiring after 36 years. The Presentation
was for all of the years of Service and Assistance he has given to Pingree Grove and Countryside.

A Big Thank You to,

* Fire District Trustees, for their Unwavering Support in everything we do.
* Goebbert's Farm and Jack Goebert who provided the Venue and the Drinks.
* Marciano's for the Delicious Dinner.
* Awards Committee: D/C Howell, F/F Lenox, F/F Wangles, Lt Heinz, Capt Fehrman and Owen Stout.
* Chief Stout for all of his Support.
* Burlington and Hampshire Fire Districts for Station Coverage.
* Family and Friends for their Support in our Careers.
* Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District Members for everything they do in our Community.