| On the evening of September 9th, Firefighter-II Phil Gamble was presented with a Fire Service Achievement Award from the Frederick Elks Lodge for his major accomplishments in the fire service.
Chief Nalborczyk's Nomination:
"I am writing to nominate our Volunteer Firefighter-II Philip Gamble for recognition at the 2015 Frederick Elks Lodge Patriot Day Award Ceremony. FFII Gamble has been a member with our department for three (3) years and has served faithfully to those in need and to his department. FFII Gamble over the past three (3) years has taken the following training courses" Firefighter-I, Firefighter-II, Emergency Vehicle Operator Course, Rescue Technician Vehicle & Machinery Rescuer, Hazardous Materials Operations, CPR, First Aid, Emergency Medical Responder and National Incident Management Systems 100, 200, 700 and 800 thus spending nearly 350 hours in classroom training over three (3) years. FFII Gamble is an active participant in our Duty Crew Program, he serves on Monday Night Crew and actively responds for incidents outside of his crew from his home residence, FFII Gamble has performed well over 1872 hours in on duty stand-by time and responding to well over 300 emergency responses to those in need. FFII Gamble is a constant presence within our department showing his face at nearly every fundraising event or nearly every public relations event the department partakes in, he most recently made the front page of the Frederick News Post for his interactions with children on Lake Linganore's National Night Out event. FFII Gamble has been awarded the Fire Chief's Firefighter of the Year Award in 2014 for his outstanding performance as well as receiving a Unit Citation for his performance at the Lake Linganore Dam Water Rescue Event recently. FFII Gamble has worked hard spending hours upon hours to achieve his status as Ambulance and Brush Truck driver within our department. While working hard with our department and being one of our most valuable assets, FFII Gamble also maintains ownership of his own business, Commercial Building Contractors of New Market, MD, active membership in the United Methodist Church of New Market, MD and an active presence within his family raising his Son and Daughter at home. It shall be noted that most recently FFII Gamble showed his absolute devotion to this service within our department, recently his wife and himself were involved in a Motorcycle Collision resulting in significant injuries to his wife, FFII Gamble not only assured that his wife was taken care of and every single one of her needs were met, he also found time to run his business, attend church, assure his children's needs were met all while still faithfully and honorably serving his department and community. FFII Gamble sets the mark as a role model both within our department and within his community and family. I hope you consider our nomination to you for Firefighter-II Philip Gamble." |
