Chattanooga firefighters honored at awards program

by Greyson Harris

Tue, March 12th 2019, 1:41 AM UTC

(left to right) - City COO Maura Black Sullivan, Fire Chief Phil Hyman, Firefighter Jordan Middlebrooks and Firefighter Scott Paone. Firefighter Kimbrough was on duty and could not be there. (Image: CFD){p}{/p}

(left to right) - City COO Maura Black Sullivan, Fire Chief Phil Hyman and Firefighter Engineer Preston Binegar (Image: CFD)

(left to right) - City COO Maura Black Sullivan, Fire Chief Phil Hyman and Captain Randy Steele. (Image: CFD){p}{/p}

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(left to right) - City COO Maura Black Sullivan, Fire Chief Phil Hyman, Firefighter Jordan Middlebrooks and Firefighter Scott Paone. Firefighter Kimbrough was on duty and could not be there. (Image: CFD)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga firefighters and their families gathered at The Westin Chattanooga Monday night to honor their own.

With Chief Operating Officer Maura Sullivan and Fire Chief Phil Hyman presiding, more than 100 firefighters were recognized for outstanding efforts at emergencies throughout the year in 2018.

Captain Randy Steele received the Medal of Valor and Firefighter George Johnson received the Medal of Heroism award.

Firefighters Ramsey Kimbrough, Jordan Middlebrooks and Scott Paone received the Rookie of the Year award.

Firefighter Engineer Preston Binegar received the Firefighter of the Year award.

Captain Randy Steele received the Officer of the Year award.

Dozens of firefighters were also recognized with unit citations and commendation ribbons for their outstanding efforts in 2018.

The list of those recognized is as follows:

Commendation Ribbons

Battalion Chief Travis Williams
Lt. Randall Herron
Lt. Mack Ridge
Captain John Long
Captain Anthony Moore
Lt. Brad Freeman
FF Clint Montgomery

Meritorious Unit Citation - Squad 1 (Blue Shift)

Captain Jonathan Lehman
Lt. Justin Vice
FFE Josef Fuller
FF Cal Long

Life Saving Awards

Lt. David Cowden
SFF Kerrin Parker
FFE Rodney Wilson
Captain Andre Dean
FFE Josef Fuller
FF Beau Honish
Lt. Thomas Blackburn
SFF Rusy Mobley
FF Robert Davis
FF Sterling Gillum
Lt. Brad Freeman
FFE Doug Brager
FF Chadwick Collins
FF Clint Montgomery
Captain Tim Zink
FFE Jeremy Williams
SFF Patrick Mansfield
FF Cam McCullough
FF Daaron Espy
Captain Danny Usher
SFF Darin Honeycutt
FF Brandon Polk
Captain Anthony Moore
Lt. Randall Herron
SFF Rusty Mobley
FF Sterling Gillum
Lt. David Bishop
FFE Mark Coffman
FF Jacob Walling
Captain Chris Blazek
Lt. John Watson
SFF Kyle Vradenburgh
FF Samuel Gutierrez

Special Awards

Captain Terri Roshell
Lt. Brad Freeman

Citizen Achievement

Van Anderson
Julie Baumgardner

You can see more pictures shared on the fire department's Facebook page.

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