Phew. I don’t know about everyone else, but for me, 2025 has been a busy year! Our Year-in-Review slideshow is 150 slides long this year! Holy cow.
Let’s start with the awards:
Officer of the Year
Marion “Ike” Watts 1405
Firefighter of the Year
Joshua “Shrek” Hall 1411 (DSN is now 1410 with Josh’s promotion to Senior Firefighter.)
Member of the Year
Samuel Kerns 1407
Mentor of the Year
Dwayne McAtee 1403
We had a couple of fun Awards for Jeffrey Elder 1406 and me, Samantha Dale Vaughn 1404:
And, of course, the “Thanks for fixin’ what we broke!” awards for Jack “Bub” Burgess 1401 and Marion “Ike” Watts 1405:
And now for the Year-in-Review:
Thank you so much to the families that support our volunteer firefighters. Without these amazing people, we couldn’t be there to help the residents of our districts!
Thank you to the Boards of Directors for supporting the departments with all of our needs!
We look forward to continuing our record of service to our communities!
Hi! My name is Sam!
I am the owner of I Call Sam LLC.
I serve as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for Sleeper & Stoutland Volunteer Fire Departments. I was recently appointed to the Stoutland Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors.
I hold a general class amateur radio license, call sign KE0LMY.
I served as the Director of Camden County, MO Emergency Management Agency from August 2, 2022 through January 24, 2025 and the PIO of the Camden County, MO CERT. I served as the Deputy Director of Camden County, MO EMA from July 12, 2020 through August 2, 2022. I served as the Deputy Director of Benton County, MO EMA from February 18, 2018 through July 31, 2022. I served as the PIO of Warsaw Fire Protection District from October 18, 2017 through July 31, 2022.
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