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John M. is a Montgomery County EMS Provider Lieutenant and volunteers as a charge aide and driver at the Glen Echo Fire Department. In addition to his operational duties, John supports the department with several administrative needs as a Lieutenant: scheduling shifts, managing leave and modified member hours, coordinating the...
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Deanna Adams is an EMS Provider II in Montgomery County and volunteers as a Charge Aide and Driver at the Glen Echo Fire Department. She has been with the department since March 2024. At GEFD, she also serves as the Leadership Development member on the Driver Training Team. In this...
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Steve Surko is an EMS Provider II in Montgomery County. He joined the Glen Echo Fire Department in January of 2023, and since then, he has been checked off as a charge aide (A2) and driver (A1). Most recently, he reached his 1,000-service-hour milestone, demonstrating his dedication to the department...
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Will C is a Montgomery County EMS Provider Master and Staff Lieutenant at the Glen Echo Fire Department. He started volunteering at Glen Echo in 2020, during the peak of the COVID pandemic. Since then, he has been checked off to staff the ambulance as a charge aide (A2) and...
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Bethany Perkins is a Montgomery County EMS Provider Master and Staff Lieutenant at the Glen Echo Fire Department. She has been with the department since 2021 and fulfills her operational duties as a driver (A1), charge aide (A2), and UTV driver and operator. Lieutenant Perkins leads GEFD’s training team and...
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I started my journey late in 2003 at Bethesda Chevy Chase Volunteer Fire Department – one year after my daughter, who volunteered there as an EMT and firefighter, left for a Peace Corps assignment in Togo. I was a member there for a bit over a year, but resigned due...
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Ari Krysmalski is a Montgomery County EMS Provider Master, and is checked off at the Glen Echo Fire Department as a Charge Aide (A2) and Driver (A1). He is also a newly-minted Paramedic, after a year-long process that included classes, ride-alongs, and emergency department shifts. Ari also serves as a...
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At Glen Echo Fire Department, we have several members who not only volunteer as first responders but who serve in government during their day jobs as well. When EMT Abraham Correa-Medina isn’t driving an ambulance, he is a fellow at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases...
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EMS Week is a brief window to acknowledge the year-long service of prehospital care providers. Our own volunteers at Glen Echo Fire Department have the chance to serve the public and directly interface with members of the community. Here, Firefighter/EMT Emily Wu recounts one of many opportunities she has had...
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Cannon and all of the volunteers with whom he works with at GEFD are committed to service and supporting the health and safety of our neighbors.
