Comox Fire Rescue - 2022 Awards Night

Comox Fire Rescue held its annual Awards Night this past Saturday, November 26th. This was the first full in person Awards presentations since 2019 due to Covid restrictions.

The department continued its tradition of recognizing members for various contributions to the fire department

Captain Rob Stevens was presented his provincial 25 year medal. Lieutenant Ron Barrow was presented his federal 20 year medal and Lieutenant Elsa Gilroy was recognized for her 10 years of service.

Tammy Blair and Leif Lefevre were named Rookies of the Year, while Firefighter Ryan Chittle was awarded the Firefighter of the Year.

Firefighter Sacha Scott received the “Stewart Rennie Memorial Award” titled, “I Made a Difference.”

Firefighter Andrew Pisano received the "Kevin Kimler Memorial Award” titled, “Above and Beyond.

Captain Pascal Lafreniere was recognized for completing Fire Officer 4, and Lieutenant Brent Craven for Fire Officer 2.

“I am so proud of all of our members,” said Comox Fire Chief Gord Schreiner. “It takes a very special person to volunteer for anything, let alone to be a firefighter and an even better person to serve for many, many years. We are very demanding of our firefighters and expect a very high level of training and effectiveness from them. We are very fortunate, here in Comox, to have such a great group of firefighters assisting our community in so many ways.

Comox Fire Rescue has six full-time and 50 highly trained part-time members. They provide most of the services typical of a larger fire department and will responded to over 900 emergency incidents this year.

“Our firefighters are our most important asset. We are a successful organization because of all the great people we have within the organization.” states Schreiner.

For more information about Comox Fire Rescue and the services they offer please see: www.comoxfirerescue.org