Parkman Volunteer Fire and Rescue Honor Roll

Honor Roll of our past Fire Chiefs who served the
Parkman Volunteer Fire and Rescue Team since its beginning in 1945!

W. M. Moore served 1945 - 1946
Joe Lovesee served 1947 - 1954
Bill Snyder served 1955 - 1959
Bill Young served 1960 - 1961
Glenn Thompson served 1962 - 1972
Donald George served 1973 - 1985
Wayne Komandt served 1986 - 2016
Mike Komandt served 2017 - Present

Hindsight from Chuck and Joanie Dillon
Parkman's past Assistant Fire Chief and Medical Officer

Life is worth living when you involve yourself in something you love. Chuck joined the Parkman Fire Department in 1965 and responded to emergencies whenever he wasn’t working as a surveyor. He left during dinner, birthday parties, in the middle of the night, on his way home from work, whenever he was needed. One of his earliest memories concerned two men who stopped at the old fire house on a work night and told the men his house was on fire on 422 by the river east of Parkman then left. Chuck was on the tailboard of the first truck out. As they approached the scene, they could hear the women screaming that their kids were in the house. As it turned out, the men had picked up the kids earlier. The hair on Chuck’s arms still react to the memory. He also recalls the old mill burning down. Shortly after the fire, the department received a letter thanking them for saving the bridge from any damage. A couple years later Chuck was working on the Ohio Turnpike and had an older gentleman working for him who wrote that letter when he was the State Bridge Engineer.

I drove a school bus all over northeastern Ohio for handicapped kids. When the FD added EMS, I got certified and joined in ’86. Then we both responded at all hours of the day and night when not working. My fondest memories include a baby born in the squad (mutual aid to Troy) who opened his eyes and looked around saying “Ah…..Ah….”. That was COOL. His daddy then became an EMT. Of course, the CPR we did that brought a patient back to life was gratifying, especially when they give you a hug later with a “Thank you”. In my 29 years, I’ve pretty much seen it all…the car/snowmobile/motorcycle accidents, suicides, broken bones, heart attacks, strokes and the rest of the misfortunes that befall us.

We did it as unpaid volunteers for many, many years. Chuck’s 50 years (30+ as Assistant Chief) and my 29 years (several years as Medical Officer) with the department is an experience we’ll always treasure. We still listen to the monitor and get “antsy” when there’s a call….and probably always will.
 

The Parkman community salutes Chuck and Joanie
for the many years of selflessness.

Humble Thank You to you both and to everyone
who volunteered on the Parkman Fire and Rescue Team!

 

 

Parkman Fire and Rescue
Volunteer's Honor Roll

The date is when these Parkman Fire and Rescue Volunteers
joined the team starting with the original team in 1945.

1945         Baird, Forest

1945         Bidlack, Forest

1945         Brugman, Dale

1945         Bubel, H.W.

1945         Cervernka, George

1945         Cromwell, William H.

1945         Dolezal, Lawrence

1945         Dolezal, Raymond (Buck)

1945         Eibene, Jesse

1945         Farley, Paul

1945         Ferry, Lee

1945         George, Al

1945         Herst, B.F.

1945         Hillock, Frank

1945         Johnson, E.L.

1945         Komandt, Jr.

1945         Mintern, W.B.

1945         Moore, W.M.

1945         Owens, Melborne

1945         Pace, Leonard

1945         Polonsky, Joe

1945         Polonsky, Matt

1945         Potter, Alfred

1945         Potter, Levere

1945         Quinn, J.

1945         Stoll, Derlin

1945         Stoll, Rowland K.

1945         Tackas, Louie

1945         Young, R.E. (Bud)

1946         Brugman, Jack S.

1946         Evans, Bert

1946         Foft, Vern

1946         Giles, Richard

1946         Hansel, Frank

1946         Henseroth, Fred

1946         Hillock, Harry

1946         Komandt, Al

1946         Lovesee, J

1946         Maiden, Wm.

1946         Masters, L.C.

1946         Mintern, Leon

1946         Sherwin, Jess

1946         Soltis, Emil

1946         Urpi, W.J.

1946         Weaver, Chester

1947         Ainsley, Bert

1947         Blair, Roger

1947         Brown, Kenneth

1947         Moore, Robert

1947         Reynolds, Bob

1947         Testa, Connie

1947         Whetstone, John

1948         Ash, Adam

1948         Harris, Jasper

1949         Bratnick, John

1949         Brewster, Charles

1949         Cone, Morris

1949         Hopkins, Leonard

1949         McMahon, Merle

1949         Miller, Bill

1949         Rhodes, Harry

1949         Soltis, Frank Jr.

1949         Taylor, Norman

1950         Bidlach, Forrest

1950         Blair, Roger

1950         Cone, Frank

1950         Cone, Paul

1950         Dolezal, Lawrence

1950         Dolezal, Raymond

1950         Farley, Paul

1950         Giles, Richard

1950         Gotham, Kelly

1950         Hansel, Frank

1950         Henceroth, Fred

1950         Herbert, Joe

1950         Irwin, Oscar

1950         Lovesee, Joe

1950         Maiden, Bill

1950         Moore, Walt

1950         Pace, Larry

1950         Potter, Alfred

1950         Quinn, Jim

1950         Sherwin, Jess

1950         Stoll, Derlin

1950         Takacs, Louie

1950         Warner, Chester

1950         Whetstone, John

1950         Young, R.E.(Bud)

1951         Ash Russell

1951         Blair, Don

1951         Carney, Bryon

1951         George, Al

1951         Herst, Jim

1951         Mintern, Frank

1951         Olmstead, Carl

1951         Scarneckia, Tony

1951         Snyder, Bill

1951         Whetstone, Jim

1953         Ash, Russell

1953         Bratnick, John

1953         Pollari, Karlo

1953         Siracki, Paul

1953         Workman, Dan

1953         Young, Bill

1954         Leman, Stanley

1955         Adams, Ronald

1956         Young, Raymond

1957         Cover, Herb

1957         Davidson, Roy

1957         Mast, John

1958         Nolling, Charles

1958         Thompson, Glen

1958         Vigin, Jim

1959         Brigham, Kenneth

1959         Canterbury, John

1959         Soltis, Steve

1959         Zammeret, Karl

1960         Komandt, Dale

1961         Baird, Rex

1961         Fishel, Bill

1961         George, Don

1961         Morrison, Duane

1961         Schelsky, Frank

1961         Stevens

1962         Bontragger, John

1963         Gates, Dale

1963         Kimball, Jim

1963         Lancaster, Don

1963         LeMay, Ray

1963         Vargo, Clarence

1964         Reynolds Bob

1965         Dillon, Charles

1965         Kulish, Andrew

1966         McCurry, Lawrence

1966         Nigrin, Joe

1967         Endo, Ronald

1967         Gates, Richard

1967         Gillett, Carl

1967         Gotham, Tom

1967         Lancaster, Gene

1967         Richards, Jim

1967         Staib, Dave

1967         Stoll, Elmer

1968         Fishel, Sam

1968         Gotham, Barry

1969         Cline, Virgil

1969         Gotham, Robin

1969         Komandt, Lon

1969         Kovach, Joe

1969         Lee, Gary

1969         Ohl, Rick

1969         Pitcher, Vern

1970         Detweiler, El

1970         Hayes, Leslie

1970         Herbst, Henry

1970         Holmes, David

1971         Hruby, John

1971         Koscelnik, Dale

1971         Pitcher, Cliff

1972         Komandt Wayne

1973         Byler, Ruben

1973         Sanders, Sidney

1973         Zajaczkowski, Joe

1974         Brainard, Leo

1974         Warner, Henry

1974         Zeigler, Bill

1976         Conover, Ernie

1976         George, Shirley

1976         Komandt, Betty

1976         Politzer, Bruce

1976         Schultz, Dennis

1976         Warner, Dixie

1977         Gotham, Barry

1977         Slatter, Richard (Rev.)

1979         Buer, Mel

1979         Dillon, Scott

                Troy  Department
1979         Barcikowski, Leonard

1979         Burzanko, Gregg

1979         Critzer, Jim

1979         Hull, Bill

1979         Leibenauer, George

1979         McKenna, Dan

1979         Mitchell, Gerald

1979         Reszotarski, Ray

1979         Reszotarski, Ron

1979         Russell, Ken

 

1980         Bazil, Bill

1980         Brouse, Mike

1980         Mix, Laurie

1980         Wilson, Al

                Troy  Department

1980         Albano, Tom

1980         Doroso, Mike

1980         Hall, David

1980         Lebenauer, Mary

1980         Mayros, Joe

1980         Richards, Joe

 

1981         Butt, Laurie

1981         Jacobs, Jerry

1981         Johnson, Jim

1981         Schrock, Ernie

1981         Sherman, Rick

1981         Szabo, Mike

1981         Thompson, John

1981         Vargo, James

1982         Dobies, John

1982         Rall, Rob

1982         Sabo, John

1982         Schaer, Tim

1983         King, Ted

1983         Majercak, Diane

1983         Roberts, Willie

1983         Smith, Christi

1985         Ash, Beverly

1985         Hayden, Mike

1985         Motz, Joe

1986         Coe, Elwin

1986         Dillon, Joan

1986         Duderstadt, Mike

1986         Mayeros, Walt

1986         Wood, Dick

1987         Anderson, Scott

1987         Hart, Eugene

1987         Mintern, Missy

1987         Oakford, Chris

1987         O'Keefe, Val

1987         Schreckongost, Chuck

1989         Day, Russ

1990         Hawkins, Chris

1990         Mosely, Mark

1990         O'Keefe, Pat

1991         Boucher, Bill

1991         Hissa, Paul

1991         Schrock, Kelly

1992         Lyons, Sue

1992         Schrock, Ernie Jr.

1993         Glatz, Jason

1993         Judd, Richard

1993         Schrock, Peggy

1993         Strumbly, Mark

1994         Lear, Dale

1995         Porter, Debby

1995         Reed, Tom

1995         Yeager, Terry

1996         Yeager, Brian

1996         Yeager, Randy

1997         Bindas, Stan

1997         Ciulla, Karen

1997         Noll, David

1997         Parnaby, Sandy

1997         Spolarich, John

1997         Whiteman, Tabatha

1998         Crumm, Teri

1998         Kopczyk, Brad

1998         Philips, Tammy

1999         Laughman, Nathan

2000         Conners, Chuck

2000         Cuilla, Joe

2000         Cuilla, Karen

2000         Phillips, Tammy

2001         Blucher, Bill

2001         Evers, Tom

2001         Gates, Randy

2001         Zahuranec, Bernie

2002         Delbo, Bob

2002         Dempsey, Tom

2002         Iannone, Jeff

2002         Miller, Jeremy

2002         Sohm, Adele

2002         Whitehouse, Shawn

2002         Wilson, Mitch

2003         Komandt, Lynn

2004         Anderson, Kelly (Dale)

2004         Komandt, Mike

2004         Sanders, Courtney

2004         Wilson, Ed

2005         Brownfield, Owen

2005         Dale, Steve

2006         Baker, Luanne

2006         Podboy, Dave

2007         Baril, Jim

2007         Hall, Jeff

2007         Hall, Josh

2007         Mathews, Eric

2007         Sanders, Elizabeth

2008         Clawson, Toni

2008         Pierce, Rick

2009         Clawson, Jim

2009         Hall, Patty

          2009         Urbanowicz, Stacey
                    (Raymond)

          2009         Villers. Andrea

2010         Hall, Jeremy

2010         Reed Cory

2010         Sestak, Mike

2012         Czacherski, Tim

2012         Miller, Jeremy

2013         Baril, Tom

2013         Brown, Josh

2013         Martin, Sam

2013         Sestak, Clinton

2013         Spencer, Russell

2014         Spencer, Danny

2015         Bowden, Jake

2015         Leovic, Austin

2015         Turner, Shane

2015         Urie, Matt

2016         Fleshman, Ryen

2016         Carver, Matt

2016         Anderson, Aric

2017         Fox, Alyssa

2017         King, Mike

2017         Martinez, Martin

2017         Morehead, Ryan

2018         Baker, Tanner

2018         Jividen, Ed

2019         Alvarez, Brandon

2019         Dubravetz, Tyler

2019         Feronni, Mary

2019         Stern, Kyle

2020         Brant, Mike

2020         Hostetler, Kevin