search menu County Fire Banquet 2021 Pennington County Firefighter Awards & Recognition Thank you to all who attended the Pennington County Fire Banquet on October 2nd, hosted by the Pennington County Fire Chiefs Association. We had a lot to celebrate from this past year - 733 career and professionally trained volunteer firefighters with an accumulated 610 plus yeas of service from 20 fire departments; 20 students who completed the Structure class and 12 new EMTs/EMRs. We want to congratulate all the nominees and selections for the various fire categories. We also appreciate the words provided by our guest speaker, Mr. Dan Wenk. Thank you to all who serve their Community! Stay safe out there. Top row, L-R Rookie of the Year, Brandon Van Lancker, Box Elder VFD Firefighter of the Year, Don Burger, Rockerville VFD Fire Officer of the Year, Carrie Schell, Wasta VFD Middle row, L-R Dispatcher of the Year, Jim Adams, PennCo ESCC/9-1-1 Lifetime Achievement, Jack Dustman, New Underwood VFD Bottom row, L-R Keynote Speaker, Dan Wenk Memorial Service Memorial Service Special thank you to Alexa White for creating the video capturing the many adventures from the past year, and to Deb and Scott Hadcock for supplying all the amazing baskets that were given out. We appreciate all of you and your support to our agencies! Thanks also go out to Denny Gorton and Mark Enright for honoring our fallen Brothers. 2021 Firefighter Resolution CONGRATULATIONS to our newly CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS Laura Adrian, Battle Creek Fire Dist. Blake Bakken, Johnson Siding VFD William Burritt, Black Hawk VFD Katherine Conaway, Box Elder VFD Matthew Drake, Doty VFD Nicole Fosheim, Black Hawk VFD Catherine Good, New Underwood VFD Erich Grade, Rockerville VFD Chris Graese, Johnson Siding VFD Glen Hoffman, Doty VFD Styles Inmon, Black Hawk VFD Haiden Janssen, Black Hawk VFD Chris Metcalfe, Whispering Pines VFD Joshua Miller, Box Elder VFD Adam Musselman, Box Elder VFD Karrie Nickle, Battle Creek Fire Dist. Miranda Reed, Doty VFD Joshua Trople, New Underwood VFD Joshua Valder, Doty VFD Curt Voight, Doty VFD CONGRATULATIONS to our newly CERTIFIED EMTs & EMRs Amy Caringi - EMR, New Underwood VFD Jack Dustman - EMR, New Underwood VFD Shelynd Halls - EMT, Box Elder VFD Joshua Miller - EMR, Box Elder VFD Thomas Mossman - EMT, Rapid Valley VFD Jonathan Oberlander - EMR, New Underwood VFD Joslyn Russell - EMT, Box Elder VFD Andy Smith - EMR, Silver City VFD Andy Sutton - EMR, Silver City VFD Sarah Sutton - EMR, Silver City VFD Brandon Van Lancker - EMT, Box Elder VFD Ashley Wetzel - EMT, North Haines VFD Official Website of Pennington County, South Dakota. All Rights Reserved. Physical Address: 130 Kansas City Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-2174 Mailing Address: PO Box 6160 Rapid City, SD 57709-6160 Administration Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Site Map Contact Us Disclaimer Accessibility Government Websites by GovOffice