Paul Dibble, above, with Chief Randy McIntire, was named Firefighter of the Year for the Town of Batavia at the department's annual awards and installation dinner tonight.
Robert Mullen, top picture below, was honored for 233 calls in 2011, the most of any member of the department.
In all, the department responded to 294 calls (98 were false alarms).
Department members completed 2,738 training hours, and in all members gave the department 5,419 hours for calls and training. At the average $50 an hour of a paid personnel department, the town saved $270,000 over what it might have spent, McIntire said.
Line officers for 2012 are Chief McIntire, Deputy Chief Paul Barrett, First Assistant Chief Daniel Coffey, Second Assistant Chief Nathan Fix, Captain Christopher Long, Lieutenant Robert Tripp, Safety Officer Robert Hunt.
Corporate officers: President John Fitzsimmons, VP Dustin Holman, Secretary Ryan Palmer, Treasurer Donald Koziol, and directors are Robert Mullen, Daniel Jacques, Jeremy Hunt, Tim Yaeger and Steve Coburn.
Assemblyman Steve Hawley served as master of ceremonies.
Justice Mike Cleveland conducted the installation of officers.
Highway Superintendent Tom Lichtenthal spoke briefly about the department's master plan.
McIntire with the plaque that displays the names of department members with the most training hours and calls.
