05/19/2026
Yesterday, we took time to kick off National EMS Week by recognizing and thanking our department EMS providers. While they are extremely hardworking providers, they only tell part of the story.
Beyond our licensed providers, we also have additional members who go above and beyond to assist our community on medical calls for service. For many members, EMS is not why they got into the fire service. However, that doesn’t stop them from making sure that they show up, answer the call, and provide assistance to our community members.
We make sure that all of our firefighters are trained in basic first aid, CPR/AED, narcan administration, and Stop the Bleed. In this way, no matter who responds, you always receive a dedicated and well-trained responder to assist you before our partners on the ambulance arrive.
While our entire agency does a phenomenal job at showing up for our community, we’d like to take a moment to recognize the following firefighters who consistently show up for EMS calls to assist our EMTs, our partners in EMS, and our patients:
Fire Chief Tim Higgins
Assistant Chief Nick Madia
Fire Captain CJ Lathey
Fire Lieutenant Ronnie Martin
Firefighter James Grady
It takes a large team and this list is by no means exhaustive. We thank all of our members for always stepping up to lend a hand as well as thank all of our partners in EMS for working together as a team.
