The Franklin Fire Department has announced its 2022 award winners, including Personnel of the Year, and Meritorious Service, Phoenix, and Deployment Award recipients. A complete list of honorees is below. They include Battalion Chief Tyler Crews and the swift water rescue team that successfully rescued two adults from a vehicle submerged in fast moving, deep flood water. They also include four Franklin Police Officers, and two Williamson Health paramedics, who were recogni…zed for their role in helping to save the life of a patient in cardiac arrest, along with Franklin Firefighters. 2022 Personnel of the Year: Rookie of the Year – Firefighter-Paramedic Josiah Beatty Firefighter of the Year – Firefighter Todd Wilson Engineer of the Year – Engineer Keith McVoy Fire Officer of the Year – Captain Tom Chaffin Support Employee of the Year – Administrative Assistant Beth Reeser Meritorious Service Award: For being part of the mutual aid swift water rescue team that successfully rescued two adults whose vehicle became submerged in fast moving, deep flood water in Maury County, Tennessee, during severe winter weather on January 19, 2022. Battalion Chief Tyler Crews Captain Matt Stout Lieutenant-Paramedic Max Cook Lieutenant Jeff Boggs Engineer-Paramedic Joe Burwell Engineer Paul Seltz Firefighter Ryan Forber Firefighter Brittany Greenlee Firefighter David Konstant Firefighter Jayce Pickle Phoenix Awards – For helping to save the life of a patient in cardiac arrest: January 3, 2022 Captain Tom Chaffin Engineer-Paramedic Stephen Astalos Engineer Rick Havrilla Franklin Police Sergeant Chris Hollingsworth Franklin Police Officer Dillon Lipinski Williamson Health EMS Field Training Officer/Critical Care Paramedic JD Sloan Williamson Health EMS Paramedic Ken Anthony July 6, 2022 Captain Scott Mainord Engineer-Paramedic Jason Webb Firefighter Alex Kozakiewicz September 14, 2022 Lieutenant-Paramedic Michael Henry Lieutenant Kirk McGee Engineer Tommy Anderson Firefighter-Paramedic Matthew Engelsdorfer Firefighter Andrew Bowden Firefighter Wade Parkinson Franklin Police Officer 2 David Jenkins Franklin Police Officer 2 Joe LeCates November 4, 2022 Captain Jose Periut Lieutenant-Paramedic Aaron Sherwood Lieutenant Josh Thomas Firefighter Clint Meadors Firefighter Nicholas Riley Firefighter-Paramedic Daniel Smotherman Firefighter-Paramedic Daniel Willems Deployment Award: East Tennessee wildfire – March 30-April 2, 2022 Captain Matt Stout Lieutenant Kirk McGee Firefighter-Paramedic Brad Kamau Firefighter David Konstant Firefighter James Ruffin
The Franklin Fire Department has announced its 2022 award winners, including Personnel of the Year, and Meritorious Serv…
