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Lebanon swears in five career firefighters, recognizes Citizens Academy graduates and proclaims Telecommunicators Week
Summary
At its April 8 meeting, the Lebanon City Council and mayor sworn in five new career firefighters, honored three Citizens Academy graduates and proclaimed April 13–19, 2025, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, noting the role of the communications center in emergency response.
Lebanon Mayor Mark Andrew Messer on April 8, 2025, swore in five new career firefighters, recognized three graduates of the city's Citizens Academy and issued a proclamation designating April 13–19, 2025, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
The swearing-in ceremony, introduced by a fire department official identified in the meeting as Chief Bridal Dibsinski, formally welcomed Joshua Allen, Mira Butterfield, Chris Fain, Mitch Kato and Ash Gayle to the Lebanon Fire Division as career firefighters. According to remarks delivered at the meeting, Allen joined the department in February 2024 and is attending medic school; Butterfield joined in October 2024 and recently earned paramedic…
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