Mayor de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Nigro to Preside at 150th Annual Medal Day Ceremony
June 4, 2019
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro will preside at the annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony on Wednesday, June 5th at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza – Centre Street and Park Row. At the ceremony, 67 awards will be presented to FDNY Firefighters, Paramedics, EMTs, Fire Marshals and Officers for their life-saving work in the last year.
Notable medal recipients include:- Lieutenant Patrick T. Mataraza of Ladder Company 56 will receive the James Gordon Bennett Medal and NYS Honorary Fire Chiefs Association Medal for saving a young child and two other individuals trapped in a fire in the Bronx.
- Paramedic Jacqueline J. Benel of EMS Station 14 will receive the Christopher J. Prescott Medal for helping to evacuate residents while responding to a medical call in a Bronx building.
- Paramedic Jonathan T. Rivera of Station 20 will receive two medals; Rivera, along with Paramedic Christopher G. Chaplin, will receive the Chief James Scullion Medal for rescuing a NYPD officer trapped in a trench at Rodman's Neck and Paramedic Rivera along with Paramedic Usman M. Rahyab will receive the Jack Pintchik Medal for rescuing a patient in the Bronx on a live railroad track.
- Firefighters from Ladder Company 161 will receive the World Trade Center Memorial Medal for their brave efforts to rescue two young children, several disabled people, and two adults during a fire in Brooklyn.
WHERE: City Hall Plaza – Centre Street and Park Row, Manhattan
WHEN: Wednesday, June 5th – 11 a.m.
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