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2024 Awards Ceremony and Dinner
The DC Fire & EMS Foundation co-sponsored the 2024 DC Fire and EMS Department Awards Ceremony and Dinner on June 7, 2024. Thank you to our sponsors and donors who helped make this amazing night happen! Contact us for information on how to become a sponsor at the April 10, 2025 ceremony.
Our Sponsors
Fire Chief John Donnelly and
Executive Director Amy Mauro
Fire Chief John Donnelly and General Eric Smth, US Marines
Motor Vehicle Crash Survivor Raci Gordon and her Mother, Tia Fields
Raci, her Family, and her Lifesavers
Dock 5 at Union Market
Dock 5 at Union Market
H Street Liquors Cocktail Hour
US Marine Corps Quintet Band
DCFD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
DCFD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
DC Fire & EMS Honor Guard
Master of Ceremonies Lieutenant Eugene Russell-Roach
Master of Ceremonies Captain Sid Polish
Executive Director Amy Mauro
Fire Chief John Donnelly
City Administrator Kevin Donahue
CNN Correspondent and DC EMS Patient Kasie Hunt and her Family
Kasie's EMS Team and her Family
Retired Medical Director Dr. Robert Holman and Awardee Sgt. Stephen Gerber
First Sergeant. Battershall's Life Savers
Cardiac Arrest Survivor First Sgt. Peter Battershall, US Marines and his Family
Cardiac Arrest Survivor General Eric Smith, US Marines
General Smith' and his Life Savers
Greater Washington Board of Trade President Jack McDougal and Amy Mauro
MedStar Hospital CEO Dr. Gregory Argyros
Bronze Bar for Valor Awardee Lt. David Palmer
Bronze Bar for Valor Awardees Sgt. Jason Tarbel and Firefighter Matthew Owen
Unit Citation Class II-5-U Awardees
Class II-5-U Ribbon for Merit Awardees
Fire Survivor Cinder and his Dad, Danny Johnson
Bronze Ribbon for Valor Awardee Firefighter Ryan Black
Company of the Year, Engine 15
AFC James Hanson and Administrative Employee of the Year, Malissa Blanco
Dr. Robert Holman and Administrative Employee of the Year, Gabriel Gan
AFC Gary Steen and Administrative Officer of the Year Captain Melonie Barnes
Paramedic of the Year Darrick Holland
Fire Chief and Fire Chief's Excellence Awardee EMT Yvette Reid
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