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NAVADMIN 207/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/-/JUL//
 
SUBJ/2002 NAVY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/DOC/DODI6055.6/10OCT2000//
 
REF/B/INST/OPNAVINST11320.23F/22FEB2000//
 
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NARR/REF A IS A DOD FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM.  REF B IS
THE
SHORE ACTIVITIES FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM.//
POC/MR. ROBERT LEAKE/-/CNO N461B2/-/TEL:(703) 601-1690//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF
THE 2002 NAVY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARD WINNERS.  THE AWARD
WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION LUNCHEON ON
26 AUGUST 2003, IN DALLAS, TX.  THE WINNERS AUTOMATICALLY BECOME THE
NAVY'S NOMINEES FOR THE DOD FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARDS.  THE
DOD WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE DOD FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
TRAINING CONFERENCE ON 27 AUGUST 2003, ALSO BEING HELD IN DALLAS,TX.
 
2.  THE 2002 NAVY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE AWARD WINNERS ARE:
    A.  FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR:  NAVY REGIONAL FIRE RESCUE,
HAMPTON ROADS, NORFOLK, VA.
    B.  MILITARY FIRE OFFICER OF THE YEAR:  SENIOR CHIEF DAMAGE
CONTROLMAN JAMES W. OSBORNE, USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6).
    C.  CIVILIAN FIRE OFFICER OF THE YEAR:  FIRE CHIEF RICHARD
STRASSER, NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING STATION FIRE DIVISION, LAKEHURST,
NJ.
    D.  MILITARY FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:  DAMAGE CONTROLMAN PETTY
OFFICER FIRST CLASS JOHN A. RESTREPO, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67).
    E.  CIVILIAN FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: CHIEF FIRE INSPECTOR JOHN
W. HALLMAN III, NAVY REGIONAL FIRE RESCUE, HAMPTON ROADS, NORFOLK,
VA.
    F.  FIRE FIGHTER HEROISM AWARD OF THE YEAR:  NAVAL STATION
MAYPORT FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, MAYPORT, FL (TEAM AWARD),
BATTALION CHIEF THOMAS C. CALLAWAY, FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDIC DONALD H.
BURKHART, FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDIC RHONSTED Z. LAVENDER, SUPERVISORY
FIRE FIGHTER MICHAEL P. ZBOROWSKY, FIRE FIGHTER LOUIS A. CAMPENNI,
FIRE FIGHTER CHRISTOPHER H. FOSTER, AND FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDIC
MICHAEL D. PARKS.
 
3.  THE 2002 NAVY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE AWARD RUNNERS-UP ARE:
    A.  FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR:  FIRST RUNNER-UP; NAVAL AIR
STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL.  SECOND RUNNER-UP; NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING
STATION FIRE DIVISION, LAKEHURST, NJ.
    B.  MILITARY FIRE OFFICER OF THE YEAR:  AVIATION BOATSWAIN'S
MATE PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS SCOTT A. BOWMAN, NAVAL SUPPORT
FACILITY, THURMONT, MD.
    C.  CIVILIAN FIRE OFFICER OF THE YEAR:  ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF
JOHN SMITHGALL, NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE, WILLOW GROVE,
PA.
    D.  MILITARY FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:  DAMAGE CONTROLMAN PETTY
OFFICER FIRST CLASS DAVID SHEEHAN, U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY
NAPLES, ITALY.
    E.  CIVILIAN FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:  FIRE LIEUTENANT BILLY
LEE BROWN, NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL.
    F.  FIRE FIGHTER HEROISM AWARD OF THE YEAR:  NAVAL AIR STATION
JOINT RESERVE BASE, WILLOW GROVE, PA (TEAM AWARD), CAPTAIN JOHN
SCOTT, FIRE FIGHTER JONATHAN OLEWINE, FIRE FIGHTER RICARDO RUSSEL,
AND FIRE FIGHTER THOMAS MARNCIK.
 
4.  WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE
AWARD NOMINEES.  COMPETITION AT THIS LEVEL MADE SELECTING THIS
YEAR'S NAVY NOMINEES INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING.  ALL PARTICIPANTS
SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM CHARLES W. MOORE, JR., N4//
 
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