Genoa Twp. swears in three new firefighters

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Last Thursday’s Genoa Town­ship 2013 Orga­ni­za­tional Meet­ing opened with the swear­ing in of three new Genoa Town­ship firefighter/paramedics — two full-time and one part-time — to fill vacan­cies in the Genoa Town­ship Fire Department.

John Daugh­erty and Chris Durst both were sworn-in as full-time firefighter/paramedics and Andrew DiGian­nan­toni joined the depart­ment ranks as a part-time firefighter/paramedic.

Daugh­erty grad­u­ated as a Fire Inspec­tor from the SFM Ohio Fire Acad­emy in 2010 and has pre­vi­ously served as a para­medic in Falls Town­ship, Port Colum­bus Air­port and Grant Med­ical Center.

Durst grad­u­ated with a Bach­e­lor of Arts in Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion degree from Musk­ingum Col­lege in 2006 and pre­vi­ously served as a para­medic in Jef­fer­son Town­ship, Holmes Fire Dis­trict 1 and Plain Township.

DiGian­nan­toni pre­vi­ously served as a para­medic with Life­Care Med­ical Ser­vices and Nation­wide Children’s Hospital.

“How proud we are of the mem­bers of our fire depart­ment,” said trustee chair Barb Lewis fol­low­ing the swear­ing in cer­e­mony. “It’s got to be one of the best in the nation. We thank chief Hon­ey­cutt for bring­ing these excep­tional fire­fight­ers to us.”

In other Genoa Fire Depart­ment busi­ness, board mem­bers approved the pro­mo­tion of Lt. Craig Skeel to Fire Mar­shal. In addi­tion to his many respon­si­bil­i­ties within the fire depart­ment, Lt. Skeel is the township’s in-house IT expert.

Board mem­bers com­mended Lt. Skeel for his ser­vice to the township.

Posted by Gary Henery on Jan 9 2013. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.