Franklin, TN – The Franklin Fire Department has announced its 2022 award winners, including Personnel of the Year, and Meritorious Service, Phoenix, and Deployment Award recipients.  A complete list of honorees is below.  They include Battalion Chief Tyler Crews and the swift water rescue team that successfully rescued two adults from a vehicle submerged in fast moving, deep flood water.  They also include four Franklin Police Officers, and two Williamson Health EMS paramedics, who were recognized for their role in helping to save the life of a patient in cardiac arrest, along with Franklin Firefighters.

2022 Personnel of the Year:

• Rookie of the Year – Firefighter-Paramedic Josiah Beatty
• Firefighter of the Year – Firefighter Todd Wilson
• Engineer of the Year – Engineer Keith McVoy
• Fire Officer of the Year – Captain Tom Chaffin
• Support Employee of the Year – Administrative Assistant Beth Reeser

Meritorious Service Award:

For being part of the mutual aid swift water rescue team that successfully rescued two adults whose vehicle became submerged in fast moving, deep flood water in Maury County, Tennessee, during severe winter weather on January 19, 2022. 

• Battalion Chief Tyler Crews
• Captain Matt Stout
• Lieutenant-Paramedic Max Cook
• Lieutenant Jeff Boggs
• Lieutenant Paul Seltz
• Engineer-Paramedic Joe Burwell
• Firefighter Ryan Forber
• Firefighter Brittany Greenlee
• Firefighter David Konstant
• Firefighter Jayce Pickle

Phoenix Awards – For helping to save the life of a patient in cardiac arrest:

January 3, 2022

• Captain Tom Chaffin
• Engineer-Paramedic Stephen Astalos
• Engineer Rick Havrilla
• Franklin Police Sergeant Chris Hollingsworth
• Franklin Police Officer Dillon Lipinski
• Williamson Health EMS Field Training Officer/Critical Care Paramedic JD Sloan
• Williamson Health EMS Paramedic Ken Anthony
• Civilian James Miller

July 6, 2022

• Captain Scott Mainord
• Engineer-Paramedic Jason Webb
• Firefighter Alex Kozakiewicz

September 14, 2022

• Lieutenant-Paramedic Michael Henry
• Lieutenant Kirk McGee
• Engineer Tommy Anderson
• Firefighter-Paramedic Matthew Engelsdorfer
• Firefighter Andrew Bowden
• Firefighter Wade Parkinson
• Franklin Police Officer 2 David Jenkins
• Franklin Police Officer 2 Joe LeCates

November 4, 2022

• Captain Jose Periut
• Lieutenant-Paramedic Aaron Sherwood
• Lieutenant Josh Thomas
• Firefighter Clint Meadors
• Firefighter Nicholas Riley
• Firefighter-Paramedic Daniel Smotherman
• Firefighter-Paramedic Daniel Willems

Deployment Award:

East Tennessee wildfire – March 30-April 2, 2022

• Captain Matt Stout
• Lieutenant Kirk McGee
• Firefighter-Paramedic Brad Kamau
• Firefighter David Konstant
• Firefighter James Ruffin

Pictured:

Top left – Fire Officer of the Year Captain Tom Chaffin (center), Assistant Fire Chief Greg Baltimore (left), and Fire Chief Glenn Johnson.

Top right – Firefighter of the Year Todd Wilson, Battalion Chief Joe Polenzani (left).

Bottom left – Support Employee of the Year Administrative Assistant Beth Reeser.

Bottom right – Rookie of the Year Firefighter-Paramedic Josiah Beatty.

For more photos, please visit the City of Franklin’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/CityOfFranklin.

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