| The Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company held it's annual meeting on Tuesday. This meeting was also the point where the Fire Line Officers and Board Members were sworn into their offices, as well as where the awards for function and participation were given out. the Chief of the Baltimore County Fire Department, John Hohman, was on hand to swear in the Fire Line Officers and offer a few supportive words to the Officers and Members of the Company. The Fire Line Officers for 2014 include: Chief Jeff Wickline, Assistant Chief Scott Hale, Captain Mike Rill, 1st Lt Rick Gribble, 2nd Lt Neal Stocksdale, EMS Lt Matthew Burgan, and EMS Sgt Vicki Gribble. The Board members were sworn in by John McDowell, President of the Baltimore County Volunteer Fireman's Association. The Administrative Officers for 2014 include: President Barry Stocksdale, 1st VP Jerry Wayne, 2nd VP Neal Stocksdale, Treasurer Hope Hale, Ast. Treasurer Linda Hale, Secretary Melissa Pollack, Corresponding Secretary Gary Bowman, and Board Members Jerry Krause, Mike Rill, and Dicky Smith.
Awards were also given out to the members who contributed the most time to the fire company and to who had the most responses. The members with the most hours contributed, from least to greatest, were Tommy Wickline Jr- 211, Barry Stocksdale- 240, Matthew Burgan- 244, Henry J Horner- 315, Tammy Boose- 331, Hope Hale- 374, Scott Boose- 404, Morrell "Ludie" Blizzard- 622, Bill Hale- 731, and Linda Hale- 899. the members with the most fire calls run, from least to greatest, were Matthew Burgan- 64, Greg Parry- 66, Mike Rill- 70, Scott Boose- 71, Bill Hare- 72, Barry Stocksdale- 78, Jeff Wickline- 80, Henry Horner III- 90, Bill Hale- 104, and Henry J Horner- 153.
Bill Hale was awarded the Firefighter of the Year Award by the Officers for his continued level of support and dedication to the Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company. Without all of Bill's hard work, the Arcadia Volunteers would not likely be where they are today.
The last, but certainly not least award given out at the meeting was the EMS Provider of the Year Award, which went to Mary Catherine Stocksdale for all of her time and effort during the completion of her EMT-Paramedic Class. Catherine is the first volunteer at Arcadia Volunteers to successfully complete the EMT-B to Paramedic bridge class offered by the Baltimore County Fire Department. Catherine put nearly 2,000 hours of study into the Paramedic Program, and the Officers and Members of the Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company wish her the best of luck with her new-found education! |
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