Heroic Vigilant Members Honored

From left: Great Neck Parks District Commissioner Dan Nachmanoff, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Parks District Commissioner Frank Cilluffo, Jay Bosworth, Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Vigilant Chief Joshua A. Forst stand in front of the stately firetruck ice sculpture.

Dozens of members from the Great Neck Vigilant Engine & Hook & Ladders Company were honored by Town of North Hempstead officials at the 111th Annual Dinner Dance at the Fresh Meadow Country Club on Jan. 9.

Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilwomen Anna Kaplan and Lee Seeman presented certificates of recognition to department members in honor of their years of service, including Ludomir J. Czynski for 30 years and Chief Joshua Forst and Rodney Ashir for 20 years each.

Ludomir J. Czynski, who was presented with the Service Award for 30 years with the Vigilant Fire Department, is flanked by (from left): Councilwoman Lee Seeman, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilwoman Anna Kaplan.

More than two dozen department members were also recognized in honor of their role in the Call of the Year, which occurred on July 27 when a woman was pinned in her bed by a tree that fell through her roof.

Members of the Emergency Medical Services unit were also honored for providing treatment to a victim who fell on the railroad tracks through the gap on July 2, and for reviving a male in cardiac arrest on Sept. 5.