On Saturday, November 5, The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad held it's 41st Annual Installation of Officers at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department. This event gives the Rescue Squad a chance to recognize members accomplishments over the past year and is a chance to thank our volunteers along with installing our new Executive, Operations and Auxiliary Officers into their positions. The following officers were installed Saturday night:

Executive Officers:

President - April Johnson
Vice President - Stanley J. Williams, Jr.
Secretary - Katie Knott
Treasurer - Barbara Wible
Member At Large - Dawn Moore
Member At Large - Crystal Sexton
Chaplin - Rich Williams

Line Officers:

Chief - Brandi Shymansky
Assistant Chief - William Yost
Deputy Chief - Chris Miller
Captain - William Johnson
1st Lieutenant - John Grego
2nd Lieutenant - Joe Daniels
3rd Lieutenant - Steven Johnson
4th Lieutenant - Kim Heiss
Safety - Jason Tucker
Chief Engineer - Greg Whitman
Assistant Engineer - Joe Stone
Assistant Engineer - Greg Casoni
Assistant Engineer - Brad Hall

Auxiliary Officers:

President - Terri Van Asdlen
Vice President - Katie Knott
Secretary - Dawn Moore
Treasurer - Alice Allen
Parliamentarian - Angelina Steckowski
Chaplain - JoAllen Mattengly

Awards were also presented to the top call runners for the 2015 - 2016 year:

10th Place - Crystal Sexton
9th Place - John Grego
8th Place - Stanley J. Williams, Jr.
7th Place - Terri Van Asdlen
6th Place - William Yost
5th Place - Barbara Wible
4th Place - Grant Evitts
3rd Place - Greg Whitman
2nd Place - Kim Heiss
1st Place - Earl Newton

Outgoing President Stanley J. Williams, Jr. presented a Special Recognition Award to Jay Armsworthy for his assistance on our annual Bluegrass Festival and presented the President's Award to April Johnson.

Outgoing Chief William Johnson presented the Chief's award to Brandi Shymansky and Rookie of the Year to Terri Van Asdlen.

Cadet Jenny Payne received the award for Cadet of the Year.

Squad Member of the Year was presented to Barbara Wible.

Auxiliary Member of the year was presented to Brenda Pruett.

Members also received length of service awards.

5 Years of Service:
Matthew Berry
John Grego
Stevie Kennet
Dawn Moore
Greg Whitman

10 Years of Service:
Chris Miller
Barbara Wible

15 Years of Service:
Rich Battenfield

25 Years of Service:
William Johnson
John Miedzinski

30 Years of Service:
Stanley J. Williams, Jr.

35 Years of Service:
Joan Williams

We would also like to thank Rita B's Catering for the outstanding dinner, Ron Bailey of TheBayNet for photographing the event, The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department for the use of their Banquet Hall and to the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad for providing a fill-in crew for our station to allow all of our members to enjoy the banquet.