2013 CFD Awards Banquet

The Court Yard Marriot put on a delicious buffet for the assembled members and guests.  Bartolotta's Florist provided complimentary corsages for the ladies.

Past Chief and current Fire District Commissioner Don Swanson offered a moving prayer of thanks for firefighters and EMS providers both present and deceased in Cromwell and around the world.

WELCOME TO OUR 85th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET.

  • 2012 was a year in which we responded to a total of 2589 calls.  EMS alone responded to 2007 calls, fire alone responded to 298 calls, and everyone responded to 284 calls.  There were 285 times that both ambulances were staffed and responding; 31 times when all three ambulances were staffed and responded.  We provided mutual aid to Hunter’s 27 times, no comment on the reverse (45 no crew, 7 no ambulance)
  • 169 Automatic Alarms, 23 Vehicle fires, 11 reported structure fires, xx other fires –
  • 129 MVA
  • 3 task force activations; 19 fire mutual aid requests
  • 181 Behavior type calls (including committal, suicide, ETOH)
  • 176 heart related problems (chest pain, cardiac arrest)
  • 233 Difficulty breathing
  • 511 Sick person
  • 1035 calls were to senior facilities or housing (45% of all calls) 
  • Weather Challenges this year:  a hurricane, several close calls for tornados, including one that swept directly across the center of town from West to East.

Thank you to: Auxiliary, Fire Police, Explorers, Fire, EMS, and Life Members

Special Guests
     STATE Officials:   State Representative Christie Carpino and her husband Joe

Town Of CROMWELL Officials
First Select-Woman- MERTI TERRY
Police Chief- ANTHONY SALVATORE and his wife Sharon
Town Clerk-  DARLENE DIPROTO and her husband Sam
And the entire Officers of the Cromwell Police Department

AREA CHIEFS
John Lockwood and his wife Sandy – Westfield Fire Chief
William Gregorio and his wife Christine – South Fire District Commissioner

This Evenings Honored Guests
Denise Bystrek and her husband Tommy
William Kogut, Jr. and his wife Christina
*William Kogut, Sr. and his wife Kathy

COMMISSIONERS
 PRESIDENT – JOHN HAMLIN and his wife Cynthia
VICE PRESIDENT – JAMES FRAZER and his wife Fran
TREASURER – JULIUS NETO and his wife Barbara
COMMISSIONER – DAVID COLLIGAN and his wife Pam 

OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT
 CHIEF – STEPHEN PENDL
DEPUTY CHIEF – JAMES BELLAMO
ASSISTANT CHIEF – MICHAEL SALONIA 
ASSISTANT CHIEF – BILL CLARE

CAPTAINS – THOMAS DUFF, DOUGLAS ZORDAN, JEFFREY TOBIAS, ROBERT McINTYRE, FRED CURTIN…….. Aux Pres. KIM ZORDAN
 LIEUTENANTS –, CRAIG MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER BELLAMO, WILLIAM McKNIGHT, JASON BRADE, RYAN COLLIGAN, ERIC ROBERTS
EMS- Lieutenants – HEATHER LEE, ROGER THOMPSON, KEN MUCKER, KEVIN JANICKE, JENNIFER ANDERSON
SECRETARY –MELISSA ROMING
TREASURER – DEBBY CLARE

This year's awards were presented as follows:

Member of the Year

  • Captain Robert McINtyre

Challenge Coin Award 

  • Life Member Al Barrieau
  • Former Deputy Chief Russ Johnson
  • Pam Lewis
  • Auxiliary Lieutenant Stacey Rollka
  • EMS Lieutenant Ken Mucker
  • Former EMS Lieutenant Jenn Barbieri

35 Years of Service   

  • David Colligan
  • Russ Johnson

25 Years of Service    

  • William Clare
  • James Jones
  • Donald Quick II

20 Years of Service    

  • William McKnight

15 Years of Service    

  • Shon Hatcher
  • Mark Langton
  • Craig Murphy
  • Stephen Pendl

10 Years of Service    

  • Michael Salonia
  • Douglass Zordan

5 Years of Service    

  • Ryan Colligan
  • Robert Donohue
  • Kristina Gish
  • Stacey Rollka

Edward A Clapp Outstanding EMS Service award

  • Robert Donahue

The last award of this evening is our special “CPR save” award.  We had three of these during 2012: 

CPR –save at St. John’s Church on January 14, 2012, 18:03 p.m.
I would like to award the special “CPR Save” pins to: 

  • Kevin Janicke
  • Stephanie Webber
  • Jim Pandolfo
  • Curtis Anderson
  • Jennifer Anderson
  • Bob Donohue

CPR –save at 385 Main St. on March 4, 2012, 16:21 p.m.
I would like to award the special “CPR Save” pins to:

  • Kevin Janicke
  • Michael Weller
  • Jaime Seligmann
  • Jason Brade
  • Jared Flagg
  • Mike Davis

CPR –save at 373 Main St. on July 22, 2012, 9:20 a.m.
I would like to award the special “CPR Save” pins to:

  • Kevin Janicke
  • Heather Lee
  • Elaine Jones
  • DJ Zordan
  • Jeff Tobias
  • Eric Roberts
     

Our community thanks you for your dedication!