{"id":35487,"date":"2024-11-28T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35487"},"modified":"2024-11-28T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T22:24:09","slug":"central-york-fire-services-honours-own-at-annual-recognition-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/central-york-fire-services-honours-own-at-annual-recognition-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Central York Fire Services honours own at annual Recognition Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Central York Fire Services honoured members of its own on Thursday night as they hosted their annual Recognition Ceremony at the Ian Laing Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, which celebrates new staff, the achievements of serving members, and key examples of service itself within the fire department serving Newmarket-Aurora, was attended by Newmarket-Aurora MPP Dawn Gallagher-Murphy, and Councillors Rachel Gilliland, who represents Ward 2 and a serves as head of the Joint Council Committee overseeing the CYFS, and Ward 3 Councillor Wendy Gaertner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the awards presented was the Jim Allen Award, an initiative introduced by the CYFS in 2018 in recognition of retired Captain Jim Allen, an influential member of the service who mentored scores of recruits through his 37-year career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award, for which nominations are received from members of the CYFS itself, honours those who have represented significant leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s recipient was Firefighter Marty Maurice \u2013 who now holds the distinction of the most junior firefighter so honoured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis year, Maurice went above and beyond to identify an opportunity to better use one of our aerial trucks, develop a training program around the new use and deliver it to fellow firefighters to take us a step farther to supporting our community when they need us the most,\u201d said the CYFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaurice demonstrated the value of pursuing ongoing education and training to be better equipped to serve residents. He created a hands-on tactical Aerial Operation program and, to ensure it was as realistic as possible, he secured an actual building in the community to use in training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accepting the award, Maurice said he \u201cwouldn\u2019t be here without the support of his family,\u201d and, in addition to his wife, thanked his father for \u201calways engaging in conversations,\u201d dialogue which he said was essential in making a difference in leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConversation is really how this all started,\u201d he said. \u201cI further want to extend my gratitude to the Management team for giving me the opportunity to express myself. As leaders, you were able to recognize my passion, trust in my abilities, and allowed me to shine a light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F35487&amp;t=Central%20York%20Fire%20Services%20honours%20own%20at%20annual%20Recognition%20Ceremony&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F35487&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-28-06.jpg&amp;p[title]=Central%20York%20Fire%20Services%20honours%20own%20at%20annual%20Recognition%20Ceremony\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F35487&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Central%20York%20Fire%20Services%20honours%20own%20at%20annual%20Recognition%20Ceremony&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F35487\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central York Fire Services honoured members of its own on Thursday night as they hosted their annual Recognition Ceremony at the Ian Laing Headquarters. The event, which celebrates new staff, the achievements of serving members, and key examples of service itself within the fire department serving Newmarket-Aurora, was attended by Newmarket-Aurora MPP Dawn Gallagher-Murphy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-28-06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9en","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-02 21:03:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35489,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35487\/revisions\/35489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}