thedrifter
09-28-07, 01:36 PM
Published: September 28, 2007 08:58 am
Marine is Fire Officer of the Year
By Dana Cudmore
Contributing Writer
SCHOHARIE _ A Cobleskill man named the U.S. Marine Corps' Fire Officer of the Year was recognized Sept. 21 at the county board of supervisors' meeting.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Tator, a member of the Cobleskill-Richmondville High School class of 1991, has made firefighting his life&aposs work, according to the resolution. He joined the Marines after graduation.
Tator comes from a family of emergency service volunteers and professionals. His late father, Robert "Butch" Tator, served as chief of the Cobleskill Fire Department for many years, and his mother, Judith Warner, is director of the county&aposs Emergency Management Office.
Warner said her son is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps air base at New River, N.C., which is adjacent to Camp Lejune.
Tator is a member of the "crash crew," she said, and he specializes in aircraft rescue and firefighting. He is also the base&aposs fire services' section leader and training chief.
When not working on the base, Warner said, her son is a volunteer firefighter in the neighboring community of Topsail.
The award was announced in the base newspaper, the New River RotoVue. The paper said the annual award recognizes individual fire officers for superior job performance and outstanding contributions to the fire services. Nomination criteria include accomplishments, job performance, technical competence, leadership ability, initiative and resourcefulness.
As the Marines' top fire officer, Tator was one of five members representing the service branches at a Department of Defense ceremony in August. The department selected its fire officer of the year from those members.
"Firefighting has always been a part of my life," Tator was quoted as saying in the base newspaper. "I was born in a fire house, not literally, but figuratively."
Also Friday, county supervisors heard a report on the Armed Forces Day Parade, to which they provided $6,000 in funding.
In a related measured, the board approved a resolution in support of the county&aposs veteran groups after hearing from one of the parade organizers, Don Mackey, a Vietnam-era veteran.
Ellie
Marine is Fire Officer of the Year
By Dana Cudmore
Contributing Writer
SCHOHARIE _ A Cobleskill man named the U.S. Marine Corps' Fire Officer of the Year was recognized Sept. 21 at the county board of supervisors' meeting.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Tator, a member of the Cobleskill-Richmondville High School class of 1991, has made firefighting his life&aposs work, according to the resolution. He joined the Marines after graduation.
Tator comes from a family of emergency service volunteers and professionals. His late father, Robert "Butch" Tator, served as chief of the Cobleskill Fire Department for many years, and his mother, Judith Warner, is director of the county&aposs Emergency Management Office.
Warner said her son is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps air base at New River, N.C., which is adjacent to Camp Lejune.
Tator is a member of the "crash crew," she said, and he specializes in aircraft rescue and firefighting. He is also the base&aposs fire services' section leader and training chief.
When not working on the base, Warner said, her son is a volunteer firefighter in the neighboring community of Topsail.
The award was announced in the base newspaper, the New River RotoVue. The paper said the annual award recognizes individual fire officers for superior job performance and outstanding contributions to the fire services. Nomination criteria include accomplishments, job performance, technical competence, leadership ability, initiative and resourcefulness.
As the Marines' top fire officer, Tator was one of five members representing the service branches at a Department of Defense ceremony in August. The department selected its fire officer of the year from those members.
"Firefighting has always been a part of my life," Tator was quoted as saying in the base newspaper. "I was born in a fire house, not literally, but figuratively."
Also Friday, county supervisors heard a report on the Armed Forces Day Parade, to which they provided $6,000 in funding.
In a related measured, the board approved a resolution in support of the county&aposs veteran groups after hearing from one of the parade organizers, Don Mackey, a Vietnam-era veteran.
Ellie