The HVFD and City of Hyattsville Police celebrated another successful, safe year at our annual joint Public Safety Awards banquet, held Saturday, February 27th at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt. The event recognizes individual and overall accomplishments by members of both organizations. Congratulations to our 2015 award recipients including:
Individual Recognition
- Member of the Year Jeff Kraus
- Firefighter of the Year John Falcone, Jr
- Most Improved Member John Falcone, Jr
- Top Overall Responder John Falcone, Jr.
- EMS Member of the Year Megan Hadley
- Firefighter Rookie of the Year Stephen Hulick
- EMS Rookies of the Year Edward Bempong & Ryan Wagstaff
- Chief’s Award Jimmy Butler
- President’s Awards Patricia Thomas and John Carey
Top Responders 2015
Live-In Fire
- Nathan Zeck
- Tim Keiling
- Johnny Falcone
- Ryan Pidgeon
- Pat Williams
Live-In EMS
- Johnny Falcone
- Aaron Mundt
- Nathan Zeck
- Jason Guimond
- Tim Keiling
Local Fire
- Josh Wortman
- Jason Illowite
- Jimmy Butler
- Mike Rubenstein
- Jonathan Strope
Local EMS
- Brenden McClellen
- Kip Zenowich
- Mike Rubenstein
- Megan Hadley
- Tina Szarko
With the exception of the Chief’s, President’s and response awards, all other individual recognition recipients are selected by their peers. Kevin Esser was recognized for his years of service on the Board and Dave Iannone for 25+ years of service.
Thanks also to Company 14 — Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Dept & Rescue Squad, Inc. for providing a fill-in crew to ensure fire, rescue & EMS service remained best in class in our response area.
To read more about our 2015 highlights, please click here.
