Member of the Year

Member of the Year

The Member of the Year Award is the highest annual award the department’s membership can bestow on a member. Normally the president coordinates the award, however many in the membership wanted the president to receive it; so in a joyous…
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Chief’s Award

Chief’s Award

The Lawrence Glass Chief’s Award is presented to an active member of the department who has performed above and beyond to the department in operational areas. Larry’s widow, Carol, presented the award to Medical Officer Alex Marcelewski for 2019. The…
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Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year is a new award here at Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department and it is designed to reconize those new members who have gone out of their way to become a strong part of the department. The…
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President’s Award

President’s Award

The “Richard Borgoyne President’s Award” is awarded to a member who has gone above and beyond to assist the department in non-firefighting operational areas. FF/Treasurer Chad Westover was the recipient of this year’s award. In 2019, he spent countless hours…
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Top Responders in 2019

Top Responders in 2019

Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department firefighters, emergency responders, and fire police officers responded to over 950 calls in 2019. We acknowledge the following members were the top 10 responders for all emergency calls in 2019. Each received a custom artwork…
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Top Training Awards in 2019

Top Training Awards in 2019

The following members completed the most training in 2019 and the top 3 awarded custom artwork: #1 FF/EMR Aly Bryner #2 Medical Officer Alex Marcelewski #3 FF/EMT Tom Hordubay #4 FF/Ast Engineer Josh Hordubay #5 Fire Police Officer/EMT Peter Troxell…
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Life-Saving Awards

Life-Saving Awards

Medical Response is large part of our emergency calls each year, during 2019, two calls for cardiac arrest resulted in lives saved. First we salute Advanced-EMT Rick Schrouder for a cardiac arrest at the Plum YMCA, and two units of…
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