During their annual elections and monthly business meeting Monday night, two Churubusco firefighters were given awards for dedication and heroism.
Ben Rinker was given the Firefighter of the Year award for his dedication to the department and it’s members. “Always willing to help out and be involved”, said firefighter Chris Tomlinson who presented Rinker with the award. Every week firefighters are asked to come down to the station and do maintenance on the trucks, clean the station and provide general housekeeping and Ben is always there willing to help out.
Tadd Shively received an Award of Heroism for saving the life of a woman from a burning mobile home in January of this year. Shively was the first firefighter to arrive on the scene and found heavy smoke coming from the mobile home and a woman still inside waiting for the fire department to show up. He acted quickly and safely in getting not only the woman but himself out of the mobile home before flames errupted from one of the rooms.
The department also elected their leadership for next year which is as follows:
- Fire Chief: Roger Bennett
- Asst. Chief: Wayne Krider
- Board of Directors: Darrell Resler
- Board of Directors: Chris Holloway
- Board of Directors: Ben Rinker
- Board of Directors: Kris Bair
- Board of Directors: Justin Snyder
- Board of Directors: Bruce Shanabarger
- Board of Directors: Ron Slagal
These two men and the entire department could use a round of applause, so feel free to do so below.
