City of Coeur d'Alene - Department Awards

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Department Awards

2018 Awards All / Media Release

2018 Fire Fighter of the Year by NIFCA - Fire Fighter Medic Greg Thaxton

2018 EMS Paramedic of the Year from NIESA - Fire Fighter Medic Scott Dietrich

2018 Employee of the Year - Executive Asst. Katie Hirst

2017 & 2018 Ironman Award (most calls) - Ben Kaiser

2017 Employee of the Year - Fire Fighter Medic Greg Thaxton

2016 Employee of the Year - Engineer Dave Tysdal

2015 Employee of the Year - Inspector Bobby Gonder

2014 Employee of the Year - BC Jeff Canfiled

2014 Retired Battalion Chief Pete Vandall

2014 EMS Crew of the Year

2013 Employee of the Year

2012 Employee of the Year

2011 Heroism AwardCaptain Rich Halligan and Firefighter Blaine Porter

2011 Employee of the YearCaptain / Medic Bill Deruyter

2011 STEMI SystemRobert Anderson and Josh Sutherland

2011 Service Flag for Josh Hoston

2011 Medal of HonorDylan Clark & Nathan Hyder

2011 SpringLead Instructor at NIC AcademyBill Deruyter

2009, OctoberHonoree AwardJeff Fletcher

2008, Bob Shovald writes an article for Fire Engineering Magazine

Community Service AwardTom Grief, July 2004