>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS BADGE PINNING CEREMONY TO
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ORDER AND A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. RUSSI.>> COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER IS ABSENT.
>> HERE. LET'S GET THIS STARTED.
[3. Badge Pinning Ceremony for Newly Hired Firefighters/Paramedics]
[APPLAUSE] THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH BADGE PINNING SINCE COVID HAS RELAXED.STILL NOT QUITE OVER YET, BUT WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS ON UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE DO HAVE TO WEAR THEM.
BUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYBODY.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO BRING ON, OUR NEW CHIEF.
WE'RE ALL VERY BLESSED AND PLEASED TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. LET'S GET STARTED.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR MAKING MY LETTERING MUCH BIGGER SO I DON'T NEED MY GLASSES BECAUSE I CAN'T USE A MASK AND USE GLASSES AT THE SAME TIME.
EMMANUEL GONZALEZ, COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU FOR JUST A SECOND, THEN YOU GET TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY, AFTER THE CHIEF AND MISTER [INAUDIBLE] GIVING YOU ACROSS.
EMMANUEL GONZALEZ GREW UP IN MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE YUBA FIRE ACADEMY IN 2011.
BEFORE COMING TO LA VERNE, EMMANUEL WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION.
HE WAS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AND PARAMEDIC.
HE WAS HIRED BY THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2020.
HE ENJOYS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND SERVING HIS CITIZENS AND FEELS VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK ALONGSIDE GREAT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HELPED HIM TREMENDOUSLY BE WHERE HE IS IN HIS CAREER.
HE'S VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HEADED AND FOR HIM TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IN HIS PAST-TIME ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS, CAMPING, SNOWBOARDING, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HIS BADGE WE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER.
CHIEF NIGG IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS THEN ANDY GLAZE IS GOING TO COME UP ALSO.
[BACKGROUND] YOU'RE GOING TO DO AT THE END? OH. MOTHER, COME ON UP TO A PIN. AT THE END.
YOU TELL ME HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS.
[APPLAUSE] ANDY, DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR CROSS, PLEASE? [BACKGROUND] HE'S GOING TO SPEAK AT THE END.
>> CONGRATULATIONS EMMANUEL. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THIS, BUT AS A TRADITION, THE LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OUR NEW HIRES WITH ACROSS THE PIN SETS SO THEY CAN LOOK ALL FANCY ON MEDICAL AIDS.
HERE YOU ARE CONGRATULATIONS, AND [APPLAUSE] WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WORKING WITH US.
>> NOW, EMMANUEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY AND THEN HAVE THEM COME UP FOR A PICTURE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I GOT MY MOTHER, KATHY, AND MY STEP DAD, JASON.
>> YEAH, IT'S FINE. YOU CAN TAKE THE MASK AND GO ON CHIEF, GO ON PLEASE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. MICHAEL JACKAS SAYS, PLEASE COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE] MICHAEL JACKAS GREW UP IN CHINO, CALIFORNIA.
HE GRADUATED IN CHINO HIGH SCHOOL IN 2011.
HE LEARNED AS ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN FIRE SCIENCE FROM CHAFFEY COLLEGE IN JUNE OF 2013 AND GRADUATED FROM MT.
IN 2018, HE GRADUATED FROM MT.
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SACS 85TH PARAMEDIC ACADEMY AND RECEIVED A SECONDARY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FROM MT.MICHAEL WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR LA HABRA HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2016 AND WORKED AS A PARAMEDIC FOR AMR, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS.
MICHAEL LOVES PLAYING SPORTS AND HIS FAVORITE PART OF THE SPORTS WAS WORKING WITH HIS TEAMMATES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY YOU CHOSE TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER.
HIS HOBBIES INCLUDE HIKING, SWIMMING AT THE BEACH, SPENDING TIME WITH HIS DOG [INAUDIBLE], HIS BADGE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS.
[APPLAUSE] PLEASE, COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE] ANDY, YES, PLEASE COME ON UP.
WE'RE GOING TO GET PICTURES AFTER.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS A CONGRATULATIONS FROM FIRE ASSOCIATION.
>> NO I'M OKAY I THINK EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME, ISN'T IT.
CONGRATULATIONS [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
>> YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY. OH, ONE MORE TO GO.
>> THIS IS MY MOM, LYDIA AND MY DAD, GARY.
[APPLAUSE] JASON ARROW WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEWPORT BEACH.
JASON GRADUATED FROM NEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 2002.
WELL, BEING A MEMBER, TEAM CAPTAIN AND NCA QUALIFIER OF THE MEN SWIM TEAM.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM SFSU, JASON RETURNED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO START HIS FIRE CAREER AND BEGAN WORKING FOR CARE AMBULANCE AS AN EMT.
JASON ATTENDED UCLA, DANIEL FREEMAN PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IN 2005.
THEN WORKING FOR AMR RANCHO AS A PARAMEDIC.
JASON WAS HIRED BY RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2008.
THERE WAS A PART OF THE HAZMAT IN USAR TEAMS BEFORE LEAVING FOR A BRIEF STINT WITH THE HUNTINGTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2019.
IN JASON'S FREE TIME, HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, TRAVELING AT THE BEACH OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
JASON ENJOY SURFING, SCUBA DIVING, PLAYING GOLF, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
HIS BADGE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS SON.
[APPLAUSE] NICE JOB. YOU WANT TO STAY UP? ANDY?
>> AGAIN, THERE IS A NICE SET OF PINS WHICH YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE.
[LAUGHTER] BUT ANOTHER ONE FROM US.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, AWESOME DAY.
>> WAIT, WAIT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE, ANDY? [APPLAUSE] COME ON. ONE MORE WITH THE CHIEF.
>> HEY, WHILE EVERYONE'S THERE, [APPLAUSE] PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY.
>> YES. THIS IS MY OLDEST SON, JACK, AND THIS IS MY BABY OVER HERE, JESSE AND MY WIFE, JAMIE.
[APPLAUSE] DAVIS COOK WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ORANGE COUNTY, WHERE HE LIVES WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER.
DAVIS GRADUATED FROM TREBUCHET HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2012 AND GRADUATED FROM UVA COLLEGE FIRE ACADEMY IN 2013.
DAVIS WAS INSPIRED TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER, THANKS TO HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
DURING HIS FREE TIME, DAVIS ENJOYS WORKING OUT, TRAVELING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
HIS BADGE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS. PLEASE, COME ON UP.
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ANDY, [APPLAUSE] PLEASE COME UP.>> ALL PINS ON AMAZON. [LAUGHTER] AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAD THESE PINS FOR SO LONG, WE HAVEN'T HAD PROBATION.
IT'S A HAPPY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS.
BEFORE THEY STEP DOWN, YOU GOT TO INTRODUCE YOUR PARENTS.
>> THIS IS MY MOM, CAROLYN, MY DAD, STEVE, EVERYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, MY GIRLFRIEND, MADISON, MY SISTER, JACINTA, NEPHEW, DELANA AND MY BROTHER, MARK.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE ONE MORE BADGE PINNING, BUT STEPHAN BATISTA IS NOT HERE. WHAT?
STEPHAN BATISTA STARTED WITH THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE OF 2017 AS AN APPRENTICE FIREFIGHTER.
IN ADDITION TO WORKING AS AN APPRENTICE FIREFIGHTER, STEPHAN WORKED AS A PARAMEDIC, PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
STEPHAN BECAME A FULL-TIME MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2020, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING PROBATION ON MARCH 1ST, 2021.
STEPHAN IS CURRENTLY CELEBRATING HIS HONEYMOON, SO HE'S GOT A GREAT EXCUSE.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE WATCHING.
IT'S MOMENTOUS OCCASION IN THEIR CAREERS AND THEIR LIVES.
GETTING TO THIS POINT IS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING PROBATION AND GETTING ON A PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT FULL TIME IS TRULY THE DREAM AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
JASON, MANNY, DAVIS, AND MIKE, I'M VERY PROUD THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE LA VERNE FIRE AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MOVING FORWARD THIS ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND DO THIS DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THERE'S GREAT THINGS AHEAD FOR YOU IN YOUR CAREER SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> AGAIN, AS CHIEF NIGG SAID, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR US SO FIRE DEPARTMENTS BUILDING. WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE FUTURE OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE'RE BUILDING AND WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS AND MORE TO FOLLOW.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING FOLLOWING THIS.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO GO TO IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT WANT TO CELEBRATE, WHICH I WOULD DO IF I WAS YOU GUYS, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF NIGG AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECESS OUR MEETING AT 6:30.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.