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    Jeanette DeForge/Republican staff
    Stephen Balboni, repair supervisor for the Springfield Fire Department, retired Jan. 3 after nearly 39 years maintaining the city's fire trucks, boats and other equipment.
    Jan. 6, 2025
    Stephen Balboni did everything from repairing ladder trucks and chainsaws to maintaining air tanks and ordering toilet paper for Springfield firefighters.
    Jori Wilmoth
    EVT of the Year Award winner Brian Marek, second from left, poses with, from left, FDSOA Executive Director Rich Marinucci, OEM Accounts Manager for Spartan Motors Jeff Seal, and Janet Wilmoth, Special Projects Director for Firehouse, at the FDSOA conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
    Janet A. Wilmoth
    Jan. 15, 2020
    Firehouse's 2019 EVT of the Year Award was presented to Muskegon, MI, fire mechanic Brian Marek at the FDSOA Apparatus, Safety and Maintenance Conference.
    Brian Marek began his career in the fire service as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 18. On Dec. 1, 2019 he retired as fire mechanic from the Muskegon, MI, Fire Department. He was named the 2019 EVT of the Year.
    Jan. 6, 2020
    The Emergency Vehicle Technician (EVT) of the Year award recognizes outstanding efforts to promote a high standard of excellence in quality and safety in emergency vehicles.
    Sweet Sparkman Architects
    Naples, FL, Fire Station 1 with fans and direct capture.
    Dec. 22, 2019
    Janet Wilmoth stresses the importance of considering emergency vehicle technicians when designing apparatus bays to protect personnel from contaminants.
    Muskegon Fire Department
    Brian Marek was named the 2019 Emergency Vehicle Technician of the Year by Firehouse, Spartan and the Fire Department Safety Officers Association. Marek is a fire mechanic for the Muskegon, MI, Fire Department.
    Dec. 20, 2019
    Brian Marek from the Muskegon, MI, Fire Department has been named 2019 Emergency Vehicle Technician of the Year.
    Firehouse.com
    Al Hasenfratz
    Janet A. Wilmoth
    Jan. 22, 2019
    Late EVT nominee Danny Peluso of Long Island's Holbrook Fire District also was honored at the event in Florida.