{"id":799,"date":"2019-11-26T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/?p=799"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:05:14","slug":"sudbury-firefighters-honored-at-firefighter-of-the-year-awards","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/2019\/11\/26\/sudbury-firefighters-honored-at-firefighter-of-the-year-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudbury Firefighters Honored at Firefighter of the Year Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/gov-picture.jpg?version=6ce28337faaa3b2506821b8ee8fda509\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-817\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/gov-picture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/gov-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/gov-picture-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/gov-picture.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sudbury Fire Lieutenant Alex C. Gardner, Firefighter\/EMT Russell P. Place, and Firefighter\/Paramedic Michael R. Donoghue, Jr. received a Citation for Meritorious Conduct at the 30th Annual Firefighter of the Year Awards Ceremony held today at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.&nbsp; Gardner, Place, and Donoghue were honored for their extraordinary efforts during the ice rescue of a cross-country skier who had fallen through the ice into Willis Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Charlie Baker presented the awards.&nbsp; Sudbury was one of many departments to receive an award for outstanding service.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Alex, Russ, and Mike!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Gardner-crop.jpg?version=2c22c1e2b7349a8af0bf3bebf3e613f1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-825\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Gardner-crop-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Gardner-crop-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Gardner-crop.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Place-crop.jpg?version=939a15cc615093f71e3d8985700b37fa\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-823\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Place-crop-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Place-crop-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Place-crop.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Donoghue-crop.jpg?version=08c7b1e3592e3085b4d08b40c46e334a\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-824\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Donoghue-crop-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Donoghue-crop-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2019\/11\/Donoghue-crop.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudbury Fire Lieutenant Alex C. Gardner, Firefighter\/EMT Russell P. Place, and Firefighter\/Paramedic Michael R. Donoghue, Jr. received a Citation for Meritorious Conduct at the 30th Annual Firefighter of the Year Awards Ceremony held today at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/2019\/11\/26\/sudbury-firefighters-honored-at-firefighter-of-the-year-awards\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Sudbury Firefighters Honored at Firefighter of the Year Awards\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/fire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}