“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Ormond Beach Fire Chief Richard Sievers recited this quote by John Quincy Adams during a promotion and retirement ceremony held at Fire Station 92 on Thursday, July 22. Longtime OBFD Capt. Bill Giles passed on his helmet upon his retirement, and two of his fellow firefighters were promoted. Thus i cycle of fire service, said Deputy Fire Chief Tom Bazanos.
Sievers opened the ceremony by expressing his joy of being able to showcase his department's traditions once again after the COVID-19 restrictions rendered them unable to do so last year. A total of 15 firefighters were promoted in that time, and Banzano read their names in recognition.
No one in the department retired last year. Giles is the first, and his legacy of service is memorable.