With COVID-19, our fire department did not hold its annual Banquet at the beginning of the year; but we still want to acknowledge the outstanding work of our volunteers from this past year. (๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต.)
Mike “Bubba” Franitti was awarded “Life Membership” for over 15 years of service to the department. He has served in various officer roles, engineering, fundraising, and administrative positions through the years. Mike was also selected for Member of the Year in 2016 by the membership.
The highest honor that the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department can bestow on a member is the status of โLife Memberโ. To achieve this level of membership sets that member in a Elite class in the history of the department after many years of committed service to the department.
Life Members are inducted into their new status at the Annual Banquet in January of the following year of obtaining status. He/she receives a platinum Life Member Badge, a Gold Life Member Engraved Card, and going forward their quarterly and annual points requirements drop to a lower level.
To achieve Life Membership Status:
โ The member must be in either the Active or Company member grouping
โ Must have been a member of the fire department or the former Ladies Auxiliary or Ambulance Service โ He/she must have completed 60 voting quarters (15 years) of service as an Adult*
โ He/she must be in good standing
โ Note: Time as a Junior Firefighter/Member does not count*
– Full List of Life Members: https://holidayparkvfd.org/life-members
Mike Franitti’s Positions through the Years:
Captain
Lieutenant
Engineer
Assistant Engineer
Firefighter
Fire Police Officer
Driver Preceptor
Board of Directors
Ways & Means Committee Chair
Gun Bash Committee Chair
Building Maintenance Engineers Chair
The Franitti family has four other members in the department:
Joette, his wife, is a EMT
Brittany, his daughter is a Firefighter
Anthony, his son, is a Junior Firefighter
Nichole, his daughter, is a Company member
