County Firefighter Tony Moore Earns DTC Rookie of the Year Honor while 28 Others Receive Safe Industries Training Achievement Awards

Ed Massey (right) presents the DeKalb Telephone Cooperative (DTC) Rookie of the Year Award of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department to Tony Moore of the Cookeville Highway Station during Saturday night’s annual awards dinner

2019 SAFE Industries Training Achievement Awards for 100% training attendance presented during Saturday night’s annual awards dinner of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department: Seated front row left to right: Dustin Johnson, Herb Checci, Justin Bass, and Robert Sartin. Seated middle row left to right: Harley Lawrence, Donny Green, Brian Williams, Matt Adcock, and Andy Pack. Back row left to right: Jordan Lader, Jay Cantrell, Kim Cantrell, Brittany Reed, Brent Reed, and Steve Repasy. Not pictured- Donnie Johnson and Patrick Colwell

2019 SAFE Industries Training Achievement Awards for 75% training attendance presented during Saturday night’s annual awards dinner of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department: Seated left to right: Sanda Caffee, Michael Lawrence, Blake Cantrell, Cody Wagner, and Anthony Boyd. Standing left to right: Kristie Johnson, Andrew Harvey, Bill Brown, Calvin Tramel, Jody Lattimore, and Steven Lawrence.

January 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Volunteer Firefighter Tony Moore of the Cookeville Highway Station received the DeKalb Telephone Cooperative (DTC) Rookie of the Year Award Saturday night during the annual department awards banquet held at the County Complex.

The award was presented by Ed Massey of DTC and Captain Brian Williams of the DCFD.

This honor is exclusively based on hours of training completed by a rookie firefighter who finished his/her basic recruit training during 2019.

“The DeKalb County Fire Department has a rich legacy of being recognized for its excellent training programs. For the 11th consecutive year, the DCFD has received statewide recognition for being an elite training department. The department’s leadership feels basic and continuous training are the best tools to give rookies when they enter the fire service. Consequently, training is the sole criteria used for selecting the “Rookie of the Year”, said Captain Williams.

“We certainly want to recognize all members who have demonstrated an outstanding level of commitment to training. Today, we especially want to recognize this recruit for completing 159.33 hours of training during his 12-month rookie period,” said Massey.

Meanwhile, 28 firefighters were awarded the 2019 Safe Industries Training Achievement Awards. Safe Industries is a Tennessee fire equipment vendor.

Captain Brian Williams and Assistant Chief Anthony Boyd made the presentations.

Firefighters who excelled in participating in monthly training drills qualify for this honor. There are two levels of awards; 75% training attendance and 100% training attendance.

Members achieving 100% training attendance were Matt Adcock, Justin Bass, Jay Cantrell, Kim Cantrell, Herb Checci, Donny Green, Donnie Johnson, Dusty Johnson, Harley Lawrence, Andy Pack, Brent Reed, Brittany Reed, Steve Repasy, Robert Sartin, Brian Williams, Patrick Colwell, and Jordan Lader.

Members with 75% training attendance were Anthony Boyd, Bill Brown, Sandra Caffee, Blake Cantrell, Andrew Harvey, Kristie Johnson, Jody Lattimore, Michael Lawrence, Steven Lawrence, Calvin Tramel, and Cody Wagner.