Every year at FDIC, a deserving volunteer from the staff ranks is singled out for special recognition for a “job well done.” The FDIC 2011 volunteer service award recipient is STEVEN K. SULCOV, who is in his senior year at Eastern Kentucky University and the student leader. The volunteers for FDIC 2011 numbered 140 this year; they assist in facilitating the HOT evolutions and workshops as well as the classroom sessions, scanning attendees for certificates and making sure the class AV and logistics run smoothly. They serve as an invaluable component of the FDIC education. Pictured are (left to right) Diane Feldman, FDIC conference director, and Steven Sulcov. (Photo by Tony Greco.)
Topinabee (MI) Fire Department (TFD) Chief and Chicago Fire Department (CFD) Battalion Chief (Ret.) RAY HOFF died on March 15. A third-generation CFD firefighter, Hoff joined the CFD in 1965 as a firefighter, eventually moving up through the ranks to become a lieutenant in 1973; a captain in 1980; and battalion chief, 4th Battalion, in 1994. On retiring from the CFD in 1997, Hoff became chief of the TFD, where he remained until his death. Hoff was also a field staff instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute and an original member of the State Firefighter Certification Committee, commissioned by the Illinois State Fire Marshal to develop the Illinois State Fire Service Certification program.
Chief BILL BINGHAM retired from the Boynton Beach (FL) Fire Rescue Department (BBFRD) effective April 15, 2011. January 20, 2011, marked Bingham’s 36th year in the fire service. Bingham was a second-generation firefighter who started as a volunteer firefighter in Illinois and Iowa before beginning his career service in Sunrise, Florida. After rising through the ranks in Sunrise from firefighter to deputy chief, he joined the BBFRD as chief in 1997. Bingham intends to continue working on several ongoing fire service projects, including the National Society of Executive Fire Officers projects, and the Florida Fire and Emergency Services Foundation’s Emergency Services Leadership Institute, which he developed in 2000 and recently updated.
The Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology, a nonprofit trade school in Champaign, Illinois, awarded the 2011 Academy Innovators Award to National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA) President JOHN A. VINIELLO. Viniello and the NFSA helped the Academy get started by providing generous financial support and industry recognition. The NFSA staff is the largest trainer and educator of engineers, contractors, and authority having jurisdictions in the fire sprinkler industry.
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