Top Paramedics Honored in Promotion Ceremony Sept. 21

9/19/2007

Wake County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) promoted 20 paramedics to Field Training Officer (FTO) status and four FTOs to Senior FTOs on Friday, September 21.

“To work as a paramedic in Wake County’s system takes a lot of dedication and professionalism,” said EMS Chief Skip Kirkwood. “These paramedics have not only performed at the highest level, but have demonstrated the ability to coordinate emergency care and the integration of new staff members into this high-tech EMS system.”

The newly promoted FTOs were greeted by the Wake EMS Honor Guard and the Wake and District Public Safety Pipes and Drums band as they enter the pinning and oath ceremony. Commendable Service and Baby Delivery awards were also distributed.

FTOs are considered the best paramedics in the field, and are trained to orient and guide new paramedics into Wake County’s cutting edge Emergency Medical Service System, a leader in the EMS industry. These 24 men and women stand out among their peers – a group of 106 Wake County paramedics.

Paramedics promoted:

Mini City area (Capital Blvd & Millbrook)

Garry Pomerleau
Bo Degnan
Junith Peterson
Quentin Riffle
Raymond Fetchko
Tim Martin
David Schiller

North Raleigh

Tony Fraccola
Mark Anglin
Buddy Hanna

Downtown area

Brandon Morgan
Michael Lyons
Patrick O'Boyle
Scotty Parrish
Tevnan Keller

West Raleigh

Benji Currie
Curtis Fuko
Rhodes Smith

Wake Forest area

Cheryl Labrecque
Chris Gherardi

Also being recognized as Senior FTOs:

Wesley Marshall, Downtown area
Gary Linder, Downtown area
Aaron Wenzel, Downtown area
Ronnie Pleasant, West Raleigh

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