2017 firefighter of the year

2017 Firefighter of the Year Awards

The 2017 Volunteer Firefighter of the Year is Kelly Teague with the Tribbey Volunteer Fire Department, pictured at left, and the 2017 Firefighter of the Year is Patrick Winsett with the Shawnee Fire Department, at right.

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Patrick Winsett named

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for help came when Hurricane Harvey hawnee Fire Department Lt. devastated south Texas.

Patrick Winsett has been named At the time, Winsett and his family Shawnee Milling Firefighter of the were dealing with serious medical issues Year.

Winsett began his career at the Shaw- involving his mother. She had been hospitalized for about a month, he said, so he nee Fire Department on April 7, 2003. was spending “Every day as much time is a new day “Every day is a new day — you never with her as — you never possible. She know what communicatthe day is go- know what the day is going to bring. ed with him ing to bring,” by writing on he said. “It's It's being part of something bigger a dry erase being part of than myself... part of the team.” board. something So when the bigger than — Lt. Patrick Winsett swift water myself... part team got the of the team.”

Shawnee firefighters have unusual call to go to Texas, Winsett was among schedules, rotating 24 hours on duty and those in the group. And while another then off 24 hours of duty for four shifts, could have gone in his place considering his family issues, Winsett called his wife, followed by a four-day break.

“You know what you're signing up for,” he said, but added there is a camaraderie WINSETT, Page 4C with all the other firefighters.

Winsett is currently housed at Station 1, which is in the Shawnee City Hall downtown.

“It's like a home away from home,” he said. “Everybody looks out for each other.”

Winsett has the rank of lieutenant and also works as relief shift captain if needed.

When he first joined the fire department, Winsett said he envisioned the job was running into buildings all the time and rescuing someone from a fire.

And while he's been on numerous fire scenes during his time at Shawnee and rescued a man from an apartment fire, being a firefighter is much more than fighting fires.

Winsett is one of the members of the swift-water rescue team.

And while they have been on some flash flooding rescues in areas around Shawnee, the true need

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Michelle, who reminded him that this was the situation he had been training for his whole career.

So with his mother, Vickie, showing some signs of improvement, he went to the hospital. She seemed proud that he was going to go, he said, and just like she did the first time she communicated with him via the dry erase board, his mother wrote, “I love you.”

And while it was tough to leave her for the deployment, Winsett, along with Firefighters Travis Cooley, Scott Killgore and Chip Shepard, loaded up the department's rescue boat and made the trek to Houston to do their part in the search and rescue efforts.

The first night they arrived at a mall staging area for responders, where they all slept on cots outside under the stars.

The next few days were spent in boats maneuvering though streets that had become rivers and conducting house-tohouse searches for any possible evacuees.

Intense situations and conditions were part of the routine.

Seeing so many houses under water was mind blowing, he said, and while his team didn't find or recover any bodies from the devastating tragedy, other teams did.

After several days of being there, as he slept on a cot in the mall alongside countless other first responders, his cell phone rang about 2:30 a.m.

He knew in his heart what it was before he answered.

Winsett learned his mother, 63, had passed away.

In the quiet and darkness, he couldn't help but be upset. But he also knew there was nothing he could do at that moment.

In a way that's hard for him to even describe, he soon felt a calmness going over him, he said, and he was able to fall

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back asleep, get up the next morning and continue his work.

“I knew she was proud of me for being down there,” he said, adding the deployment is something he won't forget.

His difficult decision to go was outlined in his nomination for this award.

“He knew in his heart he could help so many people in Houston.

He made the choice to go with his team and help those in such desperate need,” Carol Benedict, his mother-in-law, wrote, adding it was tough on Winsett being gone when his mother passed.

“But that's what firefighters do. They do their job, no matter what. They leave their family to go help others and that is exactly what he did...he gave his mother the best gift a child could ever give to a parent — he made her a very proud mother knowing he was helping others and keeping them safe.”

Winsett said he was surprised at the gratitude and thanks the locals had for them while in Houston, such as bringing food or cookies to the firefighters and receiving cards from local children. One woman even picked up and did some of their laundry, he said.

Shawnee Fire Chief Dru Tischer said he is glad to see Winsett receive this honor.

“I am very happy for Patrick and glad that he is being recognized with this award. He did a great job in Houston earlier this year as a member of the swift water rescue team we sent to assist with rescue operations,” the chief said, speaking about the loss of Winsett's mother while he was away in Houston. “She had been very ill for quite some time when we polled members of our swift water rescue team on their availability to deploy. Be-

cause of this, I did not expect Patrick to volunteer but he did not hesitate to do so,” the chief added. “I know it was important to him to go and help the people of Houston and I thought it was very selfless and honorable of him to do so while dealing with his mother's illness and eventual passing.”

And while Winsett said he's proud to be named Firefighter of the Year, he feels there are many other Shawnee firefighters just as deserving. And with that humbling nature, Winsett said he is honored by this award.

He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Peyton, 14, and Kenlie, 9.

Winsett, born and raised in Shawnee, went to Acme School, Wilson, Shawnee

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Middle School and Shawnee High School.

He also attended NSU in Tahlequah, but the transition into the fire service was the goal for Winsett, who first earned his paramedic license and worked at REACT EMS. While working in EMS, he started volunteering as a firefighter in Tecumseh and then joined Shawnee.

“I think it's the greatest job in the world,” he said. “I work with great people and we help people.”

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Firefighter of the Year: Patrick Winsett, Shawnee Fire Department ——— There were many great nominees for the Shawnee Firefighter of the Year award.

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TRIBBEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

Kelly Teague named

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as temribbey Volunteer Firefighter Kelly peratures Teague is the Patriot Auto Group were exVolunteer Firefighter of the Year.

Teague, who has been on the depart- pected to ment about five years now, serves as the get even assistant chief. He became a volunteer colder that firefighter because he had the time and night.

And wanted to give back to the community he while has called home for 25 years.

And giving back can mean so much to the man couldn't those in their time of need.

When responding to medical calls, for really talk example, Teague said you can tell people much beare relieved to have someone there to help. cause of his “I like to help people...it's a pretty good condition, they found feeling,” he said.

In the rural communities, Teague said some ways commany people live alone and don't always t o have family to check in on them often. That municate, type of scenario hit close to home when including Teague went on a medical call involving a the man giving Teague patient with cancer.

Teague said they responded to a home a journal of that he thought might have been aban- his that exdoned, only to discover that the home's plained his condition and diagnosis. occupant had serious health issues.

Teague regularly returned to the man's Teague, who felt the need to check on the man, returned the next day to offer help, home to help him and even took some food to the man and his pets. but the man turned him down.

“Anyone would have done that — you But Teague didn't give up. can't ignore He went some things,” back again the Teague said, following day, adding the but no one man had lived answered the secluded there door. Teague for years, so heard a noise — Kelly Teague many people with something didn't know hitting the door so he went inside. He discovered the man him.

“If anything, the situation made me had fallen and there were problems with start thinking about other people,” he said, his heater.

“He was freezing – he could hardly adding it's important to check on people in a community. move,” Teague said.

For Teague, giving back to the man and Teague helped the man get up and then worked to get the home's heater repaired community is part of who he is and part of

“I like to help people...it's a pretty good feeling.”

what he feels he owes his community.

Sadly, the man he was helping lost his battle, but Teague “made a great difference in the man's quality of life,” said Scott Reynolds, the retired Tribbey Fire Chief who nominated Teague for the Volunteer Firefighter of the Year award.

And while he is honored to be recognized, Teague said there are thousands of volunteer firefighters in communities doing great things every day.

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Teague, who makes about 95 percent of the service calls in Tribbey, said the department has a great group, a camaraderie, and that's something he also shares with his wife, Stephanie.

She also serves as a Tribbey Volunteer Firefighter, something that Teague said is nice because they can serve the community together and spend time together, including their training time.

For Teague, he's also had a chance to work in the fire service with sons Trevor, a deputy in Hughes County, and Tanner, who is in the Marines. Both

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have volunteered their time on the Tribbey Fire Department, he said.

And while structure fires are rare, Teague said they do see a lot of grass fires and assist other departments through mutual aid when needed.

And while there aren't many specific fires or calls that stand out in Teague's memory, he said he'll always remember the first patient lost on a call and how life can change in a split second.

“I still think about it to this day,” he said.

Serving his community as a volunteer firefighter is just part of what Teague does; he also serves as a member of the Wanette School Board.

He is also the owner of Teague Pump Service, which drills water wells and installs pumps and his generosity of serving of the community is also part of

his business.

From the nomination form for this award, Teague also works on the department's fire trucks and often makes repairs out of his own pocket when needed.

He said doing those things is a way to

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Teague said he hopes others might become interested in serving their communities as a volunteer firefighter.

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Volunteer Firefigher of the Year: Kelly Teague, Tribbey Fire Department ——— There were many great nominees for the Volunteer Firefighter of the Year award.

The following nominees are recognized with an Honorable Mention:

• Aaron Williams, Tecumseh Fire Department • Rusty Tucker, Bethel Acres Fire Department • Jeremy Geissler, Bethel Acres Fire Department • Doyle Stansell, Pink Volunteer Fire Department • Jimmy Barnett, Oklahoma City Fire Department/volunteer firefighter trainer

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Above: Brad Casto, right, presents Volunteer Firefighter of the Year Kelly Teague with his award for $250. The Tribbey Fire Department also received $250, and the award was sponsored by the Patriot Auto Group.

Above right: Members of the Tribbey Fire Department are pictured on the left, while members of the Shawnee Fire Department are pictured on the right.

Below left: Firefighter of the Year Patrick Winsett is pictured with representatives of Shawnee Milling Company, sponsor of the award. In addition to Winsett receiving $250, the Shawnee Fire Department also received $250.

Above: Volunteer firefighter Kelly Teague and members of the Tribbey Fire Department are pictured with Brad Casto from The Shawnee News-Star. The award was sponsored by Patriot Auto Group. In addition to Teague receiving $250, the Tribbey Fire Department also received $250.

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Pott. County Fire Departments Bethel Acres Fire Department Fire Chief: Rusty Tucker Deputy Chief: Andy Lee Full-Time Firefighters: 0 Volunteer Firefighters: 23 Stations: 2 Area covered: 45 square miles Average calls per year: 250 Services provided: Fire and EMS; EMR certified.

Earlsboro Fire Department Fire Chief: Jason Gee Deputy Chief: Jerred Romberg Full-Time Firefighters: 0 Volunteer Firefighters: 18 Stations: 2 Area covered: 77 square miles Average calls per year: 200 Services provided: Fire/EMS

Macomb Fire Department Fire Chief: John Brooks Deputy Chief: Joe Mayfield Full-Time Firefighters: 0 Volunteer Firefighters: 15 Stations: 2 Area covered: 80 square miles Average calls per year: 160 Services provided: Fire/advanced firstaid

Pink Fire Department Fire Chief: Robert VanLiew Deputy Chief: Doyle Stansell Full-Time Firefighters: 0 Volunteer Firefighters: 13 Stations: 1 Area covered: 44 square miles Average calls per year: 150 Services provided: Fire and basic CPR/ first aid

Shawnee Fire Department Fire Chief: Dru Tischer Deputy Chief: Andy Starkey Full-Time Firefighters: 53 Volunteer Firefighters: 0 Stations: 3 Area covered: 117 square miles Average calls per year: 5,587 Services provided: Fire, EMS, Rescue, HazMat, Public Education

Wanette Fire Department Fire Chief: Ryan Atchley Deputy Chief: Michael VanSchuyver Full-Time Firefighters: 0 Volunteer Firefighters: 12 Stations: 2 Area covered: Average calls per year: 40 Services provided: Fire and EMS

Tecumseh Fire Department Chief: Aaron Williams Deputy Chief: Mike Petray Full Time Firefighters: 5 Volunteer Firefighters: 16 Stations: 2 Area covered: 53 miles Average calls per year: 1,000 Services provided: Fire and EMS; licensed EMS/first response

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