On April 25th Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Dept. held its annual banquet and this years' theme was an Island Luau. A luau (Hawaiian: lū'au) is a traditional Hawaiian party or feast that is usually accompanied by entertainment. Our very own President Virginia Hoskings MC'd the event and the following special awards were presented:

2015 Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department Associate Member of the Year – Alice Lewis
2015 Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department Member of the Year – Donny Cherry
2015 Captain Stanley “Pepper” Johnson Leadership Award - Brenden Pollard (with Gabriella Jennings as runner-up)
2015 Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter of the Year Award - Gabriella Jennings

2014-2015 Firefighter of the Quarter recipients:
1st Qtr – Robert Goodman
2nd Qtr – Gabriella Jennings
3rd Qtr – Heather McManaman
4th Qtr – Jesse Wadsworth

In addition, multiple members were sworn into the many Operational, Board Of Directors, Corporate Officers, and Auxiliary positions as listed below:

Operational Officers:

Chief - Miles Young
Assistant Chief - Nick Nanna
Captain (Station 3) - Sam Redmon
Captain (Truck Officer) - Paul Reha

Lieutenant - Angel Santiago
Lieutenant - Nick Frezza
Lieutenant - Gabriella Jennings
Lieutenant - Anthony Frezza

Board of Directors and Corporate Officers:

President – Virginia Hoskings
Vice President – David Glinski
Resident Agent - William (Beaver) Anderson
Treasurer – Valerie Tomaszewski
Membership Secretary – Liz Presti
Recording Secretary – Valerie Tomazewski
Board Member – Kathy Frank
Board Member – David Glinski
Board Member – Steve Hailey

Auxillary:

President – Mary Frezza
Vice-President – Krista Merritt
Secretary/Chaplain – Rose Robinson
Treasurer – Glenda Laird
Membership Secretary – Carrie Hill
Sgt-at-Arms – Kirstyn Merritt

In addition a special tribute to Captain Stanley "Pepper" Johnson was unveiled to his family members and others in attendance by DTVFD Member Sang Kim, Chief Miles Young and President Virginia Hoskings. The shadowbox containing memorabilia of Captain Pepper's will hang in the apparatus bay at 3-Fire as an inspiration to all current and future volunteer and career staff to strive to be their best and never stop learning.

Please join us in congratulating all of the members who won awards and/or were sworn in and let's not forget those who work tirelessly in the background to keep our fire department running smoothly.

Special thanks to OWL - Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Volunteer Fire Department for covering our first due while we attended our installation. You guys and gals truly ROCK!