At the April 3 Common Council meeting, Summit Fire Chief Eric Evers bestowed the "Chief's Award" upon 15 members of the SUmmit Volunter First Aid Squad who respnded to the 5-alarm apartment building fire in the early morning hours of December 31.2017. Despite temperatures well below freezing, volunteers treated and transported 2 building resident who were injured jumping from an upper floor, helped set up an aid station in the neraby Committed Pig Restaurant for 12 displaced families, and set up an on scene rehab area for the many firefighteters braving the cold to fight the fire.
Pictured here are Summit Fire Chief Evers, Summit EMS Volunteers Richard Raymond, Deb Booth, Deputy Chief Mat Raymond, Chief Kari Phair, and John Staunton, Mayor Nora Radest and Deputy Fire Chief Don Nelson. Other Summit EMS volunteers not pictured are Kevin Caropreso, Amanda Fonseca, Kate Getzendanner, Jane James, Chris Haggerty, Marissa Montero, Cate Mennig, Rich Ryden, Matt Sinclair, and Kyle White.
