Brad Hanson - Firefighter, EMT & Engineer This month’s recipient is Brad Hanson, as announced by Chief Brad Martin. Brad has been with SPOFR since 2014 and is also in the host of the Veterans Stand Down for the past five years in Newport. He started this in memory of Brian Pinkney, his friend with three [...]
Paul Haa - Firefighter & Tender Operator Paul has been with SPOFR for the past thirteen years and started out as a Water Tender Driver. Then one day a truck needed repairs and Paul said, “Why don’t we buy a kit and fix it?” Since then, he has been in high demand. On wildland fires, if [...]
Butch Lee, Firefighter, Diamond Lake Station South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue continues the volunteer appreciation program called SPOFR Volunteer Spotlight. This is a way to recognize the volunteers when you see them in the community grocery store or at any local activities. This month’s recipient is Butch Lee as announced by Chief Brad Martin. Butch [...]
Larry Hiebert, Battalion Captain, Spring Valley Station Our February volunteer is Larry Hiebert, Battalion Captain and former Chief at Fire District 8 prior to the merger in January. Larry started in 1989 when they started a Fire Association and he remembers a phone tree calling system for fires response. Then in 1993 he attended the Fire [...]
John Dugger, EMT, Diamond Lake Station Our fourth volunteer recognized in February is John Dugger who has been with SPOFR since 2019 and is currently a volunteer firefighter and paramedic with the agency. He recently began the process of obtaining an SEI (Senior EMS Instructor) certificate and is teaching his first EMT class. John grew up [...]
Corey Toombs, Firefighter, Sacheen Lake Station Our second volunteer to be recognized in December is Corey Toombs, a single father of a 12-year-old son. Corey has been a volunteer firefighter with SPOFR for two years. He has a CLASS A CDL, so he is very capable of driving our engines and tenders. He also was on [...]
Tasha Dean, EMT, Camden Station Our first volunteer to recognize is Tashia Dean a wife, mother, and volunteer EMT. Tasha and her family have lived in Elk, Washington for the past five years. Tasha said “I love living in Elk. It’s just an amazing community.” She has three sons the oldest is a Senior this year. [...]
