Virginia Fire Safety Award
Apparatus Technician John Guy was presented the Virginia Fire Safety Award by the Fairfax Resolves Sons of the American Revolution at his retirement ceremony on May 31. Guy is a 33-year veteran of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and has been a fixture at Fire Station 11 in Alexandria for 23 years. He has been instrumental in training each new recruit at the station, the teacher of Hazardous Materials training for rescue squad technicians and has personally been the lead in setting up three new rescue squads. Guy was selected to receive the award from among candidates of 27 chapters of the Virginia SAR.