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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department members were honored at the county’s Length of Service Awards for decades of commitment to the department and Fairfax County residents.

Walter McKendree, a Fire Inspector II, reached the largest milestone with 50 years of service. The awards also recognized employees marking 45, 35, 30, 25 and 20 years.

50 years

  • Walter McKendree — Fire Inspector II

45 years

  • Margaret Dix — Financial Specialist III
  • Gary Dize — Management Analyst II

35 years

  • Wayne Burgess — Emergency Management Specialist III

30 years

  • Robert Gusa
  • Gregory Keppley
  • Battalion Chief Jeffrey Lewis
  • Marlon Murphy — Program Manager
  • Technician Andre Peterson
  • Lieutenant Dwan Starks
  • Technician James Stricklen
  • Firefighter Song Yi

25 years

  • Lieutenant Adam Ashwood
  • Captain William Atwell
  • Battalion Chief David Bentley
  • Technician Brian Bonkoski
  • Technician Matthew Brecht
  • Master Technician Mark Butler
  • Lieutenant Greg Dojcak
  • Captain John Evans
  • Technician Scott Fickes
  • Captain Michael Fontana
  • Captain Robert Garza
  • Master Technician Sean Hodgson
  • Deputy Chief Gregory Hunter
  • Captain Stephen Hurst
  • Technician In Hwang
  • Brian Jenkins
  • Battalion Chief Robert Kitchen
  • Lieutenant William Lamont
  • Captain Christopher Pittman
  • Firefighter Annita Reynolds
  • Captain Patrick Sheehan
  • Lieutenant Michael Skeele
  • Captain Jessica Smith
  • Captain William Vance
  • Technician Craig White
  • Lieutenant Eric Wyatt

20 years

  • Firefighter Bilal Ali
  • Captain Johsua Allen
  • Captain Randall Allen
  • Firefighter Monica Bartos
  • Firefighter Walter Covert
  • Arsenio Deguzman — Financial Specialist IV
  • Steven Dennis — Information Technology Program Manager I
  • Technician Juan Dimartino
  • Makram Fahmy — Financial Specialist I
  • Technician Vincent Flores
  • Master Technician Brian Giller
  • Technician Mark Huehn
  • Technician Vernon Johnson
  • Jessica LeBlanc — Data Analyst III
  • Technician Ron McNew
  • Lieutenant Jason Munt
  • Captain Easton Peterson
  • Assistant Chief Tracey Reed
  • Firefighter Christopher Rhodes
  • Lieutenant Jarrod Schmidt
  • Sapna Sharma — Program Analyst IV
  • Technician Iris Shaw
  • Firefighter Anthony Shockley
  • Facundo Silva
  • Firefighter Steven Sprague
  • Master Technician Beverly Studds
  • Lavanda Sykes — Material Management Specialist III
  • Reena Thomson — Management Analyst IV
  • Master Technician Peter Torres
  • Technician Mark Velasco
  • Technician Joseph Vogtembing
  • Master Technician William Ward
  • Master Technician Harold Wolf
  • Captain Brian Wood
  • Technician Travis Woolever