2025 Meritorious Awards to Fire Department Employees

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Fire Chief Keith Hopkins stated that the purpose of the annual Mesquite Fire Department meritorious awards is to recognize members of the Fire Department and employees of the City of Mesquite for providing outstanding service to the citizens of Mesquite and the Mesquite Fire Department. Numerous members of the department will be recognized for Life Saving Awards, Officer of the Year, Paramedic of the Year, and Firefighter of the Year for their bravery and outstanding excellence in service for 2025. In 2025, the Mesquite Fire Department officially introduced the Excellence Award to honor personnel who embody the department’s core mission of achieving excellence in everything we do and treat everyone we encounter like family. This is presented to those who willingly give of themselves to exceed the expectations of both our citizens and our department. Fire Chief Keith Hopkins presented meritorious awards as follows: • Officer of the Year – Lieutenant/Paramedic (LT/PAR) Royce Cartwright • Paramedic of the Year – Firefighter/Paramedic (FF/PAR) Jesse Boone • Firefighter of the Year – Driver-Engineer/Paramedic (DE/PAR) Jeremy Heiner • Excellence Award – Captain/Paramedic (CPT/PAR) Jesse Kingery, CPT/PAR Jacob Heise, DE/PAR Justin Turner, and Senior Management Analyst Debbie Randall • Life Saving Award No. 1 – Engine 2 - LT/PAR Bobby Bryant, DE/PAR David Bates, FF/PAR Andrew Durham, FF/PAR Caleb Pollard and Ambulance 2 - FF/PAR Alex Craig, and FF/PAR Ben Hanley • Life Saving Award No. 2 – Engine 7 - CPT/PAR Justin James, DE/PAR Michael Glasgow, FF/PAR Chris Thomas, FF/EMT Ethan Williams and Ambulance 7 - FF/PAR Conner Tobias, and FF/PAR Ray Sewell The work session ended at 6:42 p.m.