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Retiring Assistant Fire Chief Andy Herskind (left) receives a commemorative
plaque
in honor of his 15 years of dedicated service from Fire Chief Steve
Avgeris.
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Our first firefighter
training of the season on April 9th was also an awards and appreciation
event, most notably honoring Andy Herskind, who has
just retired after 15 years of dedicated volunteer service as
Assistant Fire Chief in Hilt. Andy's wife, Carole Herskind,
was also recognized for her many years of service as a Board
member for Hilt, from which she has recently retired.
The appointment of David Lipking as the new Assistant
Chief in Hilt was announced, followed by a group recognition
of CalFire crew members who have assisted our firefighter and
medical trainings and other efforts; individual recognitions
of our emergency medical responders who have recently completed
that course, receiving either first-time certification or re-certification;
and a group recognition of all of our firefighters.
Andy was presented with a plaque commemorating
his long years of never-hesitating service, there were refreshments
with cake, many photos were taken, and filmmaker (and firefighter)
Alex Cox filmed the awards presentations throughout.
Alex has posted an edited four-minute-plus video
clip from his footage on YouTube, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RUtX6kUIw
("CRFD_01" - alexcoxfilms).
Some of the photos taken by other
volunteers are presented here.
[Note: Chuck Biegert, the newly appointed Assistant
Chief at the upper end of the valley for Colestin, was not able
to attend this event and is not included in the event photos.]
The photos here are a "best of" selection
with an intent to present both variety and alternates for group
and other featured moments, as capturing everyone's personal
best at the same moment doesn't necessarily occur.
Photos included here were taken by Cindy Warzyn,
Betsy Bradshaw, Christopher Avgeris, and members of CalFire;
initials only are used below.
All photos on this website are Copyright
protected by crfd.org.
NOTE: If you attended this event and have photos
you'd like to share here, please email
the crfd.org webmaster.
More photos were taken at this event than it is
possible to include here. Those who attended who are interested
in getting original copies (on disk or by email) of personally
relevant photos may contact
the webmaster. This offer is a courtesy to our district
participants only, and will expire after May 7th, 2010.
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The commemmorative plaque presented to retiring Assistant Fire Chief
Andy Herskind.
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Firefighter Training Awards are about to commence on April 9th,
2010, with Chief Steve Avgeris up in front, with CalFire's Keith
Callison. (Photo credit: C. W. )
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 Chief
Steve Avgeris (far right) presents retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind
with a commemorative plaque in honor of his fifteen years of dedicated
volunteer service. CRFD Fire Captain Chris Avgeris and newly appointed
Assistant Fire Chief David Lipking (far left) look on. (Photo credit:
B. B.)
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Retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind (left) and Chief Steve Avgeris.
(Photo credit: C. W.)
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Retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind (left) and Chief Steve
Avgeris. (This is the photo above; the link here is to a larger version.)
(Photo credit: B. B.)
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Retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind. (Photo credit: C. W.)
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 Chief
Steve Avgeris recognizes Fire Captain Chris Avgeris (second from left)
and announces the recent appointment of David Lipking (far left) as
the new Assistant Fire Chief in Hilt (Photo credit: B. B.).
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 (left
to right:) Assistant Fire Chief David Lipking, Fire Captain Chris
Avgeris, retiring Assistant Fire Chief Andy Herskind, and Fire Chief
Steve Avgeris (Photo credit: B. B.).
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Andy Herskind holds a copy of "The Firefighter's Prayer"
just given to him by new Assistant Chief David Lipking (on far left,
not pictured here) with CalFire's Battalion Chief Keith Callison (right)
looking on. This copy of "The Firefighter's Prayer" was
a three-generational memento within David Lipking's family before
being presented as a special gift to Andy here. (Photo credit: B.
B.).
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 Andy
Herskind holds a copy of "The Firefighter's Prayer" just
given to him by new Assistant Chief David Lipking (on far left, not
pictured here) with CalFire's Battalion Chief Keith Callison (right)
looking on. (Chief Steve Avgeris can be heard reading "The Firefighter's
Prayer" aloud to everyone just after this, as part of Alex Cox's
video clip from his filming of this event at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RUtX6kUIw
("CRFD_01" - alexcoxfilms) (Photo credit: B. B.).
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David Lipking (left), newly appointed Assistant Fire Chief
in Hilt and the south valley for Colestin, with Fire Captain Chris
Avgeris (Photo credit: B. B.).
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David Lipking (left), newly appointed Assistant Fire Chief,
with Fire Captain Chris Avgeris (Photo credit: B. B.).
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(from the left:) Fire Captain Chris Avgeris, Assistant Chief David
Lipking, retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind, Fire Chief Steve
Avgeris, with five members of the CalFire crew (Photo credit: C. W.).
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 (from
the left:) Fire Captain Chris Avgeris, Assistant Chief David Lipking,
retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind, Fire Chief Steve Avgeris,
with five members of the CalFire crew (Photo credit: B. B.). [283
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(left to right clockwise starting at upper left:) CRFD Board Chair
Peggy Moore, Hilt Board member Alissa Lipking, past CRFD Board member
Mary Jo Trainor, CRFD Board member Tod Davies, and (front) CRFD Board
member Cheri Avgeris. (Photo credit: B. B.)
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 Carole
and Andy Herskind, up front together following Andy's recognition
as retiring Assistant Chief. (Photo credit: C. W.)
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Carole and Andy Herskind. (Photo credit: B. B.)
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1st Responders (Emergency Medical Responders) who on March 27th completed
the College of the Siskiyous EMT-90/91 course for certification or
re-certification. (see Firefighter Training
for details). Pictured left to right: Michael Engelstein, Brian Carstens,
Don Collins, Cheri Avgeris, Karen Dwyer, Lisa Buttrey, Sharron Halvorson,
John Ames, Betsy Bradshaw, and David Lipking. (group pic #1) (Photo
credit: C. A.) [289 KB]
1st Responders (Emergency Medical Responders) (group pic #2). (Photo
credit: C. A.)
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1st Responders (Emergency Medical Responders) (group pic #3). (Photo
credit: C. A.)
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All Hilt-Colestin volunteer firefighters (including those pictured
above who are also medical responders) (group pic #1). (Photo credit:
C. W.)
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 All
Hilt-Colestin volunteer firefighters (group pic #2). (Photo credit:
by CalFire)
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 All
Hilt-Colestin volunteer firefighters (group pic #3). (Photo credit:
by CalFire)
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All Hilt-Colestin volunteer firefighters, with Fire Chief Steve Avgeris
in foreground (group pic with Steve #1). (Photo credit: C. W.) [450
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larger version [760 KB].
Cake honoring retiring Hilt VFD Board member Carole Herskind
(Photo credit: C. W.)
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smaller version [153 KB].
 CRFD
Board member Tod Davies (far left) with husband, firefighter, and
world-renowned independent filmmaker Alex Cox. (Photo credit: B. B.)
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 New
Assistant Chief in Hilt David Lipking (right) talking with Fire Captain
Chris Avgeris and volunteer firefighter Don Collins (far left). (Photo
credit: B. B.)
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 Caught
on candid camera: CRFD Board member and firefighter Teri Thomas (left)
and Budget Committee Chair and firefighter Sharron Halvorson (middle)
in discussion; retiring Assistant Chief Andy Herskind in background-right
talking with CalFire members. (Photo credit: B. B.)
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 Alissa
Lipking chatting with Carole Herskind; Andy Herskind with CalFire
members in background. (Photo credit: B. B.)
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 Volunteer
Firefighters Don Collins and Alissa Lipking enjoying the event. (Photo:
B. B.)
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 (left
to right:) Teri Thomas, Lisa Buttrey, and Sharron Halvorson; in background,
Andy Herskind, Steve Avgeris, and various CalFire crew members. (Photo:
B. B.)
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 Volunteer
firefighters Michael Engelstein (left) talking with John Nackley;
Nancy Ames in background. (Photo: B. B.)
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 Group
picture during cake & refreshments; Karen and Brian Dwyer and
their son in foreground-left; filmmaker Alex Tod in background (in
yellow). (Photo: B. B.)
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 CRFD
Board member Tod Davies (left) talks with Peggy Moore, CRFD Board
Chair; Darren Dow of CalFire (in background) enjoys a relaxing moment.
(Photo: B. B.)
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The cake in honor of retiring Assistant Chief Andy
Herskind. (Photo: B. B.)
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