NAME: Ryan LaBertew
RANK: Captain
ROLE: Protects life and property by supervising the activities of personnel on duty, performs duties surrounding firefighting, emergency care, hazardous materials, and fire prevention. As captain, he oversees the in-house/departmental monthly drills program as well as first level Driver/Operator evaluator. As the senior line officer, just below the chief officers, he serves as mentor to the junior Lieutenant.

YEARS OF SERVICE
Holiday Park VFD:  10
Emergency Services: 10

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Member of the Year, 2022

TRAINING

  • Firefighter 1 (ProBoard)
  • Essentials of Firefighting
  • Basic Vehicle Rescue Technician
  • Hazard Materials Operations
  • Pump Ops
  • Engine Company
  • Ladder Company
  • Helicopter Landing Operations
  • Swift Water Rescue, WRFR
  • EVOC/EVDT

POSITIONS HELD

  • Training Officer (Internal)*
  • Driver/Operator Lead Instructor*
  • Fire Camp Staff*
  • Citizens Fire Academy Staff*
  • Lieutenant
  • Senior Engineer
  • Live-In Firefighter
  • Member, Board of Appeals
  • Assistant Engineer
  • Junior Firefighter
(* = current position)

REGULAR CAREER

  • CDL Driver
  • Tech, Pool Industries


Ryan & Tom reciepents of the annual “Johnny & Roy” Top QRS Responders award.

Ryan receiving the Member of the Year Award

Public Information Officer

For further information on this post, or any fire department activity, you may reach out to our Public Information Officer via medical@holidayparkvfd.org or the Chief of the Department via chief@holidayparkvfd.org.

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