Sedalia Fire Department Notes Two Badge Pinnings, Check Presentation

The Sedalia Fire Department took center stage Monday night at the Sedalia City Council meeting with two badge pinnings and one check presentation on the agenda.

Robert Ladd and Parker Stevens were pinned by their significant others (Robert's wife Parker's girlfriend Kelsey) after given their firefighter badges by Chief Matt Irwin.

“Stevens is a life-long Pettis County resident and graduate of our Firefighter I & II program. Ladd actually spent a few years with us before leaving for another agency,” the SFD said.

“Firefighter Ladd started with us a few years ago. He was lured away by another department, and the bright lights of the big city. But as a testament to the management of the department, the City's support of its employees and the little things that makes the Fire Department and the City of Sedalia great, we were able to lure him back,” commented Fire Chief Irwin.

“Firefighter Stevens is a lifelong resident of the county. He is a 2012 graduate of the Green Ridge R-8 School District, played on the soccer team, and I feel like I've known him for a very long time. He will be a very great firefighter,” Chief Irwin told the Council. “I am proud of both of them, and I can't wait to see where they lead themselves and this department in the future, and I'm excited for their growth.”

Then, representatives from Owens Corning, a manufacturing plant located right next to the SFD's headquarters on West 16th Street, presented a $1,500 check to repair the fire department's fire extinguisher simulator, and also for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors give out to the community. The SFD thanked Owens Corning for their owning support of fire prevention.

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Tammy Burnett, Ryan Seelen-Durrill and Michael Hilburn
posed for photos as they presented the $1500 check to Chief Irwin from Owens Corning Foamglas insulation.

“I can't thank them enough for their donation,” Chief Irwin said.

The demonstrator is useful in teaching someone how to use a fire extinguisher, it was noted.