Spencerport Fire Department members receive award

Spencerport Fire Department members receive award

Members of the Spencerport Fire Department received a Unit Commendation Award in a ceremony at the Firefighter Appreciation Dinner held at the Diplomat Banquet Center on Thursday, October 11. It's the second Unit Commendation Award ever received by the Spencerport firefighters. This commendation was for actions performed during a water rescue along Route 531 in the Town of Ogden on the evening of July 2, 2007. The award, given for actions performed in a manner substantially beyond normal expectations, pertained to their response in dealing with the rescue of a truck driver who left the road and drove through a guard rail into a pond. Using a rescue boat, emergency responders were able to successfully reach the driver and pull him to safety. Shown above, Firefighter Steve Cusenz, Assistant Chief Tod Ritzenthaler, Firefighter Joe Barretta, Firefighter Patrick O'Hara, Firefighter Thomas Sercu Jr., Firefighter Ray Young, Firefighter Charles Davis, Chief Joseph Muniz, Firefighter David Insalaco, Firefighter Timothy Stevely, Firefighter James Lobene, Deputy Chief Terry Brown, Firefighter Aaron Baker, Firefighter Donald Wood, Firefighter Jonathan Read, Firefighter Alex Ciacca, Firefighter Kristopher Almeter, Firefighter Adam Salamone. Photograph by Walter Horylev.