Tonight, the Syracuse Fire Department held its annual awards ceremony to highlight Syracuse firefighters’ various heroic, lifesaving and impactful actions in the past year.
Congratulations
and thank you to all the recipients for your dedication to the citizens of Syracuse, to the Department, and to each other.
We thank Mayor Walsh, Deputy Mayor Owens, Mr. Dan Cummings, and all those that attended to honor the men and women of the Syracuse Fire Department. Special thanks to the
Awards Committee for their hard work and to the Syracuse Firefighters Association and IAFF Local 280 for sponsoring the event.
A full list of award type, recipient, company, and incident is below:
EMS Level 2– 600 S. West St., January 7th 2020
FF Paul Veri– Rescue Company
EMS Level 2– Hancock Airport, February 9th 2021
Capt. John Lisi, FF Kevin Cox– ARFF
EMS Level 2– 712 N. Alvord St., April 21st 2021
Lt. August Matt, FF Antoine Tearney– Mini 2
Lt. Matthew Scialdone, FF Colin Taisey, FF Timothy Sprague– Squad Company
EMS Level 2- 307 Ridgewood Ave., August 12th 2021
Capt. Michael Radford, FF Terrance Smith – Mini 17
Capt. Jorge Rolon, FF Brian Gotham, FF Chad Majo– Squad Company
EMS Level 2- 60 Presidential Plaza, August 15th 2021
Lt. Anthony Sterio, FF James Peet – Mini 1
Lt. Paul Haynes, FF Ryan Woods, FF Colin Burke– Squad Company
Unit Citation– 322 Vine St., May 19th 2021
Lt. Eric Jones, FF Katelyn Schroeder, FF Cody Brandt, FF Casey O'Brien– Engine Co. 9
Lt. James Cervino, FF Corey Brazell, FF Thomas Rotella, FF Tevin Harris– Ladder 4
Capt. John McMahon, Lt. Rocco Morganti, FF Christopher Birmingham, FF Joshua Griffin, FF Michael Kisselstein, FF Jeffrey Petersen, FF Robert Brandt, FF Samuel Stayer– HazMat Company
DC Sara Errington– Car 4
Fire Chief’s Medal
Capt. Patrick Foody-–Administrative Division
Lt. August Matt– Administrative Division
Capt. Matthew Craner– Engine 5
Capt. Lucas Tortarella– Truck 2
Mayor’s Medal
FF. Michael Valenti– Truck 5
FF Bob Silfer– Engine 17
Team Citation– 1247 Park St., March 30th 2021
Lt. Jeffrey Wisely, FF George Pearson, FF Antoine Tearney– Truck 2
Individual Citation– 1247 Park St., March 30th 2021
FF Christopher Kasparek– Truck 2
Unit Citation– 615 W. Onondaga St., May 15th 2021
Capt. Eric Yetman, FF Bryan Easton– Engine 3
Capt. Thomas Fabian, FF Ryan Edick, FF Louis Geswaldo, FF Kyle Fisher– Engine 1
Lt. Christopher Clayton, FF James Galloway, FF Joshua Cook, FF John Boehm– Engine 5
Lt. James Donnelly, FF Jeffrey Satalin, FF Matthew Petrick, FF Kevin Rittenhouse–Truck 3
Team Citation– 615 W. Onondaga St., May 15th 2021
FF Jonathan Maye, FF Arick Hess– Rescue Co.
FF Daniel McCauley, FF David Corbett– Rescue Co.
Lt. Daniel Bittel, FF Patrick Doner– Rescue Co.
Unit Citation– 615 W. Onondaga St., May 15th 2021
Lt. Matthew Scialdone, FF Michael Heister, FF William Pace– Squad Co.
Individual Citation– 615 W. Onondaga St., May 15th 2021
DC Timothy Gleeson– Car 2
DPC James Farewell– Command Staff
DPC Elton Davis– Command Staff
Individual Citation– 1312 Butternut St., August 15th 2021
FF Brian Wright– Truck
Team Citation– 1312 Butternut St., August 15th 2021
FF Thomas Sexton, FF Antoine Tearney– Truck 2
Individual Citation– 1312 Butternut St., August 15th 2021
Lt. Gene Johnson– Rescue Co.
Team Citation– 1312 Butternut St., August 15th 2021
FF Todd Wilbur, FF Kyle Wilmer– Rescue Co.
Unit Citation– 1312 Butternut St., August 15th 2021
Lt. Michael Corbett, FF Matthew Barclay, FF Matthew Gokey, FF Timothy Edwards– Engine 1
EMS Level 2– 525 Oak St., October 24th 2021
FF Corey Brazell–Ladder 4
FF Jeffrey Dugan– Squad Co.
EMS Level 1– 525 Oak St., October 24th 2021
FF Kevin Voce– Squad Co.
FF Casey Ravas– Engine 9
Team Citation– 525 Oak St., October 24th 2021
FF Thomas Rotella, FF Tevin Harris–Ladder 4
Capt. Luke Tortarella– Ladder 4
Lt. James Donnelly– Engine 2
Individual Citation– 521 Garfield Ave., April 28th 2021
Lt. Cashmir Kotlarz– Engine 8
Team Citation– 521 Garfield Ave., April 28th 2021
FF David Corbett, FF Arick Hess– Rescue Co.
Unit Citation– 521 Garfield Ave., April 28th 2021
Lt. Casey Mack, FF Eamon Coogan, FF William Pace– Squad Co.
Medal of Valor
FF Christian Dorn– Engine 8
Medal of Honor
FF Gary Andrews– Truck 8
FF Michael Corp– Truck 8