Columbia Richland Fire would wind down 2018 by officially recognizing more than 40 members of the department for their career accomplishments.
Department leaders hosted a recognition ceremony on December 10, 2018 to congratulate staff who were promoted or appointed to new positions. That included many employees who earned higher ranks working in fire suppression.
Several families were on hand for the ceremony at department headquarters to celebrate the accomplishments of their loved ones.
Here is the complete list of honorees:
Senior Firefighter
Effective October 21, 2017
Hampton Bailey Michael Baird Thomas Bookman Patrick Crumpton
Markus Ervin Christian Kerr William Neff Justin Owens
Le’Andre Patterson Stephan Sims-King Travis Wiggins
Effective March 10, 2018
Gustavo Gonzalez
Effective May 19, 2018
Adam Baker Jesse Bussey Carl Edwards Reinaldo Sabb
Effective December 15, 2018
Javier Colon David Cox Cody Knight Josh Moskaitis
Shaun Murphy Alexander T. Reese Jaered Shelton
Gary Sopcheck Guy Williams
Engineer
Effective May 19, 2018
Thomas Nichols
Effective July 14, 2018
Thomas Ray
Effective September 8, 2018
Blake Hott
Effective December 1, 2018
Austin Graham Acie Kibler Adam Lundquist Travis Pickett
Jonathan Lykes
Volunteer Captain
Effective December of 2018
Tiffany Bowen Christopher Brazell J.D. McCarley
Fire Captain
Effective September 8, 2018
Gary Walters
Effective December 1, 2018
Dustin Lone Bryan Spitzer
Battalion Chief
Effective December 1, 2018
James Warf
Division Chief
Effective December 1, 2018
Kevin Hart
Department Appointments
Public Information Officer – Mike DeSumma (Effective June 18, 2018)
Fire Communications Officer – Marcas Houtchings (Effective December 1, 2018)
Fire Training Chief – Anthony Holloway (Effective July 14, 2018)
