On Monday night, November 21st, North Yarmouth Fire Rescue held our Annual Banquet / Thanksgiving Supper.
Veron “Butch” Goff received the Chief’s excellence award for 52-1/2 years of service to the town of North Yarmouth. Butch joined the department on November 1, 1969 and retired on July 1st 2022
Anthony Regis received the Officer of the year award. Anthony is the departments medical director, works as a doctor full-time in the Emergency Department at CMMC. Anthony also is provides care for North Yarmouth at the paramedic level. His feedback on calls and his interactions with the public has not gone unnoticed.
Howard Palmer received the firefighter of the year award. Howard is a paramedic/firefighter and has been with the department since 2016. During his time here, he has been committed to helping with the development and mentorship of all those on the department. This year he was instrumental in training our live in students to ensure they were ready for testing for their firefighter 1&2 certification. Howard also came to the station numerous times on his off duty time to help train our students and ensure they were prepared for testing.
Raymond Woodcock received the rookie of the year award. When Raymond graduated from high school he was brought on as a firefighter from his years of being a junior firefighter. Since his graduation he has obtained his Maine Basic Firefighter certification and he responds to numerous fire and EMS calls consistently.
Other awards given were 1, 5, 10, 25, 35, and 50 year service pins.
It was an honor and a privilege to present all the awards. We could not provide the services to this town without everyone’s dedication
Respectfully Chief Payson
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