Tuesday, February 08, 2011

The Westminster Fire Department held it 132 annual Banquet on Saturday January 29, 2011

Some of the officers and members of the board of directors for 2011 for the Westminster Fire Department include, from left to right: Chaplain Kevin Dayhoff, Treasurer Robert Ruby, First Vice President Todd Whitson, Board member at large Jeff Ausherman, Second Vice President Kristen Boyer, President Robert Cumberland, and Chief James Bangerd III.

The Westminster Fire Department held it 132 annual Banquet on Saturday January 29, 2011 at John Street Quarters in Westminster. At the annual awards ceremony, recognition was given for various accomplishments by members of the department, including top fire suppression responders, and top 15 Fire/EMS Responders. In addition to a review of the 2010 activities and statistics of the company; the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company Juniors announced a $1,000.00 donation to the department to be put towards an anticipated new engine…

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The Westminster Fire Department held it 132 annual Banquet on Saturday January 29, 2011

The Westminster Fire Department held it 132 annual Banquet on Saturday January 29, 2011 at John Street Quarters. The evening started with a fine meal followed by presentation of awards for the Top Responder. The following members received awards for the TOP Suppression Responders:

1. John Bangerd 522 responds 6. Bryan VanFossen 345 responds

2. James Starry 448 responds 7. Jason Bangerd 340 responds

3. Michael Vosburg 427 responds 8. Jon Haddad & Jeremy Price 328 responds

4. Marques Price 389 responds 9. Shane Holmes 299 responds

5. Josh Evans 365 responds 10. James Bangerd III 273 responds

The following members received awards for being the top 15 Fire/EMS Responders:

Fire EMS Total Fire EMS Total

1. John Bangerd 522 123 645 responds 9 Bryon VanFossen 345 6 351 responds

2. Marques Price 389 81 470 responds 10 Jon Haddad 328 5 333 responds

3. Michael Vosburgh 427 31 458 responds 11 Jared Davis 179 145 324 responds

4. James Starry 448 0 448 responds 12 Shane Holmes 299 4 303 responds

5. Jeremy Price 328 58 386 responds 13 Chris Staley 252 37 289 responds

6. Josh Evans 365 9 374 responds 14 James Bangerd III 273 5 278 responds

7. Jason Bangerd 340 23 363 responds 15 Matt Crise 207 65 272 responds

8 Jason Tyler 246 107 353 responds

The following members received awards for their total hours of service to the department in training, attending meetings, helping with fire prevention activities and responding to calls. John Bangerd, Jeremy Price, Jared Davis, and Michael Vosburgh.

The following members received the President’s award Jamie Petry and Bob Ruby.

The Officers and Board of Directors for 2011 for the Westminster Fire Department are: President Robert Cumberland, First Vice President Todd Whitson, Second Vice President Kristen Boyer, Secretary Jamie Petry, Treasurer Robert Ruby, Chief James Bangerd III, Board member at large Jeff Ausherman and Marvin Hollinger.

The other elected Officers to the Department are: Assistant Chief James Starry, Ambulance Captain Jason Tyler, Captain James Falise, Jr., Marshall Michael Garber, Assistant Marshall Kenny Carlisle, Chaplain Kevin Dayhoff, Historian James Brown, and Assistant Historian James Eckard.

The Fire Police Officers for 2011 are: Chief Kenny Carlisle, Assistant Chief Michael Garber, Captain Robert Ruby and their training Officer is Milton Zepp.

The Officers and Members of the Westminster Fire Department want to thank the Citizens, the County Commissioners, the Mayor, City Administrator, and City Council for their conditional support of the volunteers and career staff of the Westminster Fire Department.

20110129 Officers and Brd of Directors for 2011 WFD

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