The City of Unalaska honored the city’s firefighters during an Unalaska City Council meeting.
Mayor Vincent Tutiakoff Sr. commended the department for responding to several recent emergencies, including a fire at Eagle's View Elementary School on July 3, just before the Independence Day fireworks celebration.
“The very firefighters who had spent countless hours to build and wire the fireworks display answered the call to action at the school without hesitation, prioritizing the safety of our residents while missing the display they worked so hard to build,” Tutiakoff said.
The firefighters worked into the early morning to extinguish the fire and then spent the next day preparing their vehicles for the Fourth of July parade.
“Even after a night of service that stretched into the early morning hours of July 4, these dedicated firefighters showed up to wash fire trucks in preparation for the community parade and wowed the crowd,” Tutiakoff said.