Catherine Cotton, a longtime volunteer EMT with the Snoqualmie Fire Department, will be recognized later this year with the 2023 Lifetime Achievement award from the Washington Firefighters Association.
“I can’t think of anybody more who deserves this,” Snoqualmie Chief Mark Correira said during a speech at the May 8 council meeting. “[Cotton’s] commitment to the community and to the department on so many different levels is just remarkable.”
Correira said when the state Firefighters Association originally asked for nominations for this year’s award, Robert Angrisano, another fire department volunteer, originally submitted Cotton’s name for the Volunteer of the Year award.
“When we submitted her nomination, the committee called us back and asked if we would change it,” Correira said. “[They] asked us to change it to the lifetime achievement award.”