From left, Deputy Chief Brian Miller, Deputy Chief Joshua Frost, FF/EMT Shelby Freese, Chief James VanGorder and Deputy Chief Jeff Beam celebrate with Freese receiving the Probationary Firefighter of the Year award. (Submitted photo)
Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention at Zionsville Fire Dept. Joshua Frost announces the official start of the Firefighter’s Ball & Award Ceremony. (Photo by Ben Stout)
From left, Deputy Chief Brian Miller, Deputy Chief Joshua Frost, Firefighter EMT Abdul Abamislimov, Chief James VanGorder and Deputy Chief Jeff Beam celebrate Abamislimov receiving the EMT of the Year award. (Submitted photo)
From left, Deputy Chief Brian Miller, Deputy Chief Joshua Frost, FF/EMT Shelby Freese, Chief James VanGorder and Deputy Chief Jeff Beam celebrate with Freese receiving the Probationary Firefighter of the Year award. (Submitted photo)
ZFD’s Mel Vlha readies his axe as he leads out his fellow firefighters Walter Leverich, Kendrick Davis, and Andrew Phelps in a formal presentation of the flag. (Photo by Ben Stout)
On Feb. 2, the Zionsville Fire Dept. held its annual firefighter’s ball and awards ceremony featuring food, music, dancing and recognizing several members of the fire department. Award recipients included: Probationary Firefighter of the Year – Shelby Freese; EMT of the Year – Abdul Abamislimov; Paramedic of the Year – Tre’ Schmitt and Firefighter of the Year – Mitch Young. The 2018 Business Partner of the Year Award was presented to Jerry Lasley with Boone REMC. A Lifesaving Award was given to Benji Johnson, Tad Henderson, Sam Alley, Engineer Ryan Luttrull, John Ball, Cory Miller, Captain Ryan Sparks and Deputy Chief Brian Miller. A second Lifesaving Award was presented to Battalion Chief Lance Turner, Dustin Campins, Bobby Smith, Drew Goss, Kellen Holt, John Ball, Daniel McRoberts, Deputy Chief Brian Miller and Chief James VanGorder.
