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Pictured from left to right: Firefighter Patrick Mager, Engineer Jason Stech, Lieutenant Shannon Spaulding, Firefighter Jesse Dobiecki, Engineer James McLaughlin, Firefighter Larry StPeter, Deputy Chief Bruce Palmer, Junior Member Emily Stech, Firefighter Leif Johnsen, Firefighter Mike Lapan, Firefighter Clint Kilpatrick, Junior Member Skyler Perras, Firefighter Greg Switzer, Junior Member Cole StPeter, Junior Member Meghan Meyers, Captain Tim Hackett, Firefighter Rich Pouliot, Captain Colby Delaire, Engineer Matt Tivnan , Firefighter Gary Swan, Engineer Alex Hill, Firefighter Tim Wilder, Lieutenant Nick Wilder and Firefighter Mike Richards. Missing from the photo: Chief Mike Chmielewski, Assistant Chief Sandy Ladd, Lieutenant Will Sheffer, Firefighter Robyn StPeter, Firefighter Roger Parent, Firefighter Tarisa Starks, Engineer Eric Fischer, Engineer Jim Watson, Firefighter Daniel Miller. OLIVER PARINI PHOTOGRAPHY
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Pictured in the back row from left to right: Gary Sorcher, Ian McCormick, Brandon Shaw, Harry Fell, Colleen Long, Lauri McGivern, Rich Long, Mike Akerlind, Mike Voity. Pictured in the middle row from left to right: Kyle Elliott, Zach Benoit, Cole Hayes, Matt Tivnan, Jamie Burdick, Sarah Trudo, Amy Akerlind, Becky Alemy. Pictured in the front row from left to right: Mike Henderickson, Matt Speier, Alyssa Church-Smith, Kathleen McMahon, Chip Perry. Missing from the photo: Ashley Antoniak, Peter Ballard, Melissa Barry, Rebecca Barwin, Samantha Bissonette, Karah Brown, Amanda Comolli, Morgan Comolli, Tyler Cootware, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Allison Greene, Jesse Gaudette, Mark Gauthier, Maureen Hoague, Ian Kilburn, Meredith Koch, Ari L’Ecuyer, Kini Lapointe, Matt Lebow, Kirsten Nedde, Colleen Nesto, Carter Neville, Megan Paquette, Jordan Pasha, Emily Pattison, Ryan Ploof, Lisa Poole, Nate Schramm, Bryan Sdankus, Steve Sdankus, Megan Severnace, Kate Soons, Robyn St. Peter, Luke Tallman, Kim Treier, and Paul Townsend. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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Pictured from left to right: Mike Cannon, Justin Bliss, Chip Perry and PJ Aumand. Missing from the photo: Mike Akerlind, Chuck DiSchino, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jared Grenon, Chris Haggerty, Paul Howard, Wade Labrecque, Craig Lamoureux, Kathleen Lanphear, Rich Long, Mike McCullagh, Dieter Mulac, Carter Neville, Emily Pattison, Stephen Petit, Aaron Reiter, Bert Severin, Matt Speier, Jon Strazza, Mike Voity, Chris Whipple and Chris Winner. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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Pictured in the front row from left to right: FF Derek Lorrain, FF Peter Cormier, FF Adam Bourgeois, FF Tyler Cootware, FF Cole Hayes, FF Kyle Elliott, FF Karen Savage, FF Allison Loebs, FF Maxwell Murray, FF Ryan Ploof and FF Brandon Shaw.
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Pictured in the front row: Julia Dugan, Marty Maloney, Kevin Adams, Shaun Griswold, Nick Ferrigno, Kamran Rahman, Zach Minior, Liz Yandow, Caroline McKenna, Michaela Foody, Kasie Cahill, Josiah Poole, Kevin Adams, Luke Woodard and Brian Eldridge.
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Pictured from left to right: Donna Rae Decatur, Peter Soons, Steve Cushing, Patrick Mager, RJ Vallie, Scott Parizo, Steve Chase, Mike DesRosiers, Tom Cardin, Patrick Kernan, Charlene Roberge, Mike Mannings. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
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ESSEX FIRE DEPARTMENT
THE ESSEX REPORTER & COLCHESTER SUN Pictured in the first row: Captain Dave Sheeran, Asst Chief Tuffer Depaul, Deputy Chief Phil Noyes Jr, Fire Chief Charles Cole and Asst Chief Curtis Pollard. Second row: Chaplain Jason Ziter, Battalion Chief Tom Richards, Honorary Chief Larry Ransom, Cadet Brendan Bean, LT Dan Hill, FF Tyler Mable and Captain Cory Noyes. Third row: FF/EMT Matt LaRock, FF Jay Plantillas, FF, John Jacob, FF Kendra Loati, FF Chris Starkey, FF/EMT Adam LeBlance and LT George Henry. Fourth row: FF Taylor Josephson, FF JJ Ouellette, Cadet Erik Short, LT Matt Cohen, FF/EMT Josh Burleson and FF Adam Ziter. Missing from the photo: Deputy Chief Al Foice, Senior FF Greg Conner, FF Cody Acker, FF/EMT Nick Henry, FF Peter Henry, FF Bill Reams, FF Mike Sweeney, FF, Matt Veilleux, Dispatcher Stacey Walker, FF/EMT Tim Francis and FF/EMT Pat Kernan. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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ESSEX JUNCTION FIRE DEPARTMENT Pictured kneeling from right to left: Robert O’Neill, Jeffrey Harms, Sandy Karki, Lucian Benway, Joshua Trudo, Hayley Leo, Peter Shepardson, Elvis Melezovic, Chaz Cao, Scott Bushey and Eric Fenton.
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Pictured in the first row: Hira Haq, Melanie Theriault, James Adams, Rebecca Jager, Peggy McCabe, Emily Douillard, Shelby Evans, Greg Wolf, Anna Hilton, Jessica Wetherby, Patrick Stewart and Jamie Carroll. Pictured in the second row: Heather Eagan, Katherine Furland, Jordanne Dow, Jackie Goss, Colleen Nesto, Lauren Shea, Michael Giroux, Megan Paquette, Janet Woodruff, Ronald Rossi, Bryan Holland, Lisa Chamberland, Michelle Turner and
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Douglas Babcock. Pictured in the third row: Kenneth Brown, Michael O’Keefe, Elvis Melezovic, Jeremy Quinn, Michael Weinberg, Harry Schoppmann III, Mallory Staskus, Deb Maddalena, Zackary Isham, Keely Colburn, Lee Dorf, Peter Mutolo and Derek Coffrin. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
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Pictured are members of the Underhill Jericho Fire Department. The full roster includes: Alex Angelino, Firefighter; Samantha Atwood, Firefighter; Calvin Caswell, Lieutenant; Daniel Champlin, Firefighter; Mathew Champlin, Chief; Brian Clark, Firefighter; Kitty Clark, Dispatcher; Randy E. Clark, Honorary Chief; Randy H. Clark, Honorary Chief; Tim Clark, 1st Asst Chief; Shawn Danaher, SR., Firefighter; Dwight Decoster, Captain; Lee Dumas, Firefighter; Brad Fischer, Firefighter; Todd Fischer, Firefighter; Nathan Goldman, Firefighter; Mike Greenia, Firefighter; Travis Hale, Firefighter; Todd Hallock, Firefighter; Jordan Jillson, Firefighter; Troy Jillson, Firefighter; Johannes Jobst, Firefighter; Erich Kasprik, Firefighter; Greg Leech, Firefighter; Shawn Martell, Firefighter; Sean Mccann, Lieutenant; Loni Morse, 2nd Assistant Chief; Conner Morway, Firefighter; Frank Popeleski, Fire Police; Parker Ripley, Captain; Gerald Russin Jr., Firefighter; Harry Schoppmann III, Full Time Duty Captain; Leroy Spiller, Firefighter; Drew Stevens, Firefighter; Marcus Stevens, Firefighter; Phil Surks, Firefighter; Cathy Clark, Auxiliary; Christal Clark, Auxiliary; Cis Dumas, Auxiliary; Sherry Fischer, Auxiliary; Brian Jillson, Auxiliary; Heather Jillson, Auxiliary; Pam Martell, Auxiliary; Julie Jacob-Ochs, Specialist; Patricia Stevens, Auxiliary. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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