The New Windsor Fire and Hose Company #1 held its annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on Saturday January 17th in Windsor Station. After an outstanding meal several members were recognized for their service:

Service Awards (For Years of Membership in 5 Year Increments):

5 Years of Membership:
Karrie Conaway
Dylan Kolk
Lauren McClyment
Nevin Smith
Jason Talbert
Kellen Toop
Joshua Vogel
Raymond Welker

10 Years of Membership:
Andrew Wolfe
Wanda Legore

15 Years of Membership:
K Lynn Harris

20 Years of Membership:
Jess Denning
Jeff Fritz
Billy Miller

25 Years of Membership:
Brett Condon
Tom Holland
Steve Strawsburg Jr
Jay Williams

30 Years of Membership:
Kim Colliflower
Jeff Lease
Byron Welker

45 Years of Membership:
Danny Wolfe

50 Years of Membership:
Dale L. Lowman

55 Years of Membership:
Richard Fox

Dale Lowman was recognized and added to an esteemed club for having 50 years of ACTIVE membership with the NWFD!

Jeff Lease and Byron Welker were recipients of Life Membership Status for fulfilling 30 years of active service to the Department!

The New Windsor Fire Department also recognizes volunteers through the Career Resonse Awards program. This program recognizes members' career response totals for fire and EMS calls in 250 call increments:

250 Fire Responses:
Ray Welker (253)

500 Fire Responses:
Josh Vogel (515)

1500 Fire Responses:
David Coe (1510)

2000 Fire Responses:
Tom Coe (2113)

2250 Fire Responses:
Steve Strawsburg Jr (2267)
Steve Kreimer (2285)

2500 Fire Responses:
Wayne Blacksten (2545)

3000 Fire Responses:
Richard Hooper (3020)

3500 Fire Respones:
Felix Hill (3503)

3750 Fire Responses:
Dale L. Lowman (3846)
Ron Warehime (3895)

250 EMS Responses:
Jay Williams (259)

1750 EMS Responses:
David Coe (1777)

A Life Saving Award and Unit Citations were awarded to members who responded to a life saving incident in 2013. Those plaques will be predominantly displayed in the fire station.

In addition to all of the awards given, the department received generous donations from the New Windsor Fire Department Auxiliary, the New Windsor Junior Fire Department, the New Windsor Lions Club and the Town of New Windsor. We would like to thank each of those organizations for their contributions.

In addition to the awards and donations the 2015 Officers of the New Windsor Fire Department and NWFD Auxiliary took their oath of office and were sworn in.

We would like to take a second to thank all of our members for all that they do day in and day out to keep the greater New Windsor community safe!