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NFD firefighters honored for hard work BY MELANIE RUBERTI
COURTESY OF THE CITY OF NEWNAN
Fourteen City of Newnan firefighters show off their “Life Saver” award. Each firefighter saved at least one person’s life in 2018. From bottom left are Lt. Jamie Pike, FF Chase Taylor, FF Dusty Clements Standing: Lt. Allen Dement, FF Dennis Boone, FF Joe Loftin, FF Ed Bryant, FF Brent Veal, FF Kevin Parten. Not pictured are FF Ryan Brodowski, FF Chris Eimer, FF Drew Holloway, FF David Rowe and FF Todd Mahoney.
melanie@newnan.com Some of Newnan’s finest firefighters have new ha rdwa re to place on their mantles and bookshelves this week. T he New na n Fire Department held their annual awards breakfast Wednesday in the historic Carnegie Library. It ’s a tradition t hat brings the entire NFD staff together and honors firefighters who went above and beyond the call of duty throughout the year. Some of t hose f iref ighters i ncluded Nic Bu rgess , Sh a ne Gr i zzard and Dennis Boone. T he t h ree men won Firefighter of the Year awards. N e w n a n f i r e f i g h ters work a 24-hour shift, with two days off. Burgess, Boone and Grizzard work on different shifts. “It’s humbling,” Grizzard said. “There’s a lot of guys in the department that deserve this award. Grizzard has been a
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