MSFD celebrated its 71st annual awards banquet, hosted at the Craftwood Inn.
Mayor John Graham administered the firefighter oath of office to volunteers David Tomlinson, Michelle Moeller, Laura Breen, Elizabeth Guess, Ben Engelhardt, Mark Wong, Austin Breen, Steve Schopper, and Marcus Witting.
Newt Dunblazier, David Malinaric, and David Crawford were recognized for completing their probationary year, and were pinned with the MSFD firefighter badge. Michael Willie was also recognized for his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.
Marcus Witting was recognized for completing the most training hours in 2021, coming in at 280 total hours.
The following individuals have reached milestone years of service – 5 years: Cindy Duncan, Molly Geiger, Kenzie Buckmiller. 10 years: Ben Engelhardt. 30 years: Keith Buckmiller.
Firefighters received patches for their total number of fire call responses over their years of service – 35: Newt Dunblazier, David Malinaric. 100: Austin Breen, Cindy Duncan, Elizabeth Guess. 200: Molly Geiger, Amanda Malinaric. 400: Alex Keylin. 500: Dave Pamplin. 700: Josh Maul. 800: Keith Buckmiller. 2300: Linda Radice.
Lt. Larry Mitchell was honored upon his retirement from MSFD. He served as a full time firefighter/paramedic, city fire inspector, building and facilities manager, fire prevention coordinator, and many other roles.
Firefighter Newt Dunblazier received MSFD’s Firefighter of the Year Award for his dedication to training and responding to incidents.
