2024 Awards Banquet

On Saturday, April 6th, 2024 the Dresden Fire Dept. hosted their annual awards banquet at the Dresden United Methodist Church. Members and their families along with past members and family, department supporters and other guest enjoyed dinner prepared by the church and social time before the awards ceremony later in the evening. The department recognized years of service, senior and rookie members for 2023 and those who made special contributions to the department in 2023. We recognized and celebrated Jerry Strohacker’s 62 YEARS of service and his retirement at the of 2023. Dresden Fire Dept. personnel along with members from Frazeysburg Fire, Med Flight of Ohio, Frazeysburg Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 60, and Muskingum County Sheriffs Office Dispatchers were awarded the 2023 Distinguished Service Award for their quick and efficient response to motor vehicle crash on Raiders Road in December of last year. A list of all awards are listed below.

5 YEARS OF SERVICE

Katyana Clark

Keith Dietz

Wanda Moore

Lt. Phillip Young

10 YEARS OF SERVICE

Jocelyn Salmons

15 YEARS OF SERVICE

Capt. Colby Kinsey

Amanda Solt

30 YEARS OF SERVICE

Steve Barr

45 YEARS OF SERVICE

David DeVault

65 YEARS OF SERVICE

Carl Archer

2023 RETIREMENT

Jerry Strohacker

62 Years of Service

1961-2023

Jerry Strohacker 62 Years of Service 1961-2023

2023 ROOKIE MEMBER OF THE YEAR

DUDLEY MCDOUGALE

2023 SENIOR MEMBER OF THE YEAR

TED CROZIER

2023 Contributors

Park National Bank

Brittney DeBoard

Lindsley’s Banquet Barn

Terri DeVault

Marsha Wolford

John Cannon

2023 Distinguished Service Award

Dresden Fire

•Chief Harold Wolford

•Asst. Chief Jeff Garver

•Asst. Chief Matt Salmons

•Capt. Mike Clark

•Capt. Kyle Clark

•Steve Barr

•Mariah Clark

•Dave DeVault

•Marty Grable

•Dudley McDougale

•Levi Mills

•Joe Settles

Frazeysburg Fire

•Asst. Chief Terry Swartz

•Jordan Campbell

•Sarah Clancy

•Joe Florian

•Tyler Patterson

Med Flight of Ohio

•Dan Graves

•Amanda Hite

•John Massy

•Rebecca Spencer

•Shane Stull

Frazeysburg PD

•Ofc. Joshua Marohl

Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 60

•Sgt. Ted Davis

•Tpr. Jake Mellinger

•Tpr. Nick Smith

Muskingum County Sheriffs Office

•Disp. Rhett Butler

•Disp. Jeremy Yarger