Photos courtesy LAFD
On April 21, LAFD employees and families gathered to honor the promotion of 53 employees, including 40 sworn and 13 civilian members, and celebrate their perseverance, dedication hard work and passion.
Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw the formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park.
Individually honored at the event were:
Sworn:
Joseph Bannan
Daniel Barrera
Roland Bonada
Michael Campana
Victor Chavez
Justin Draeger
Christopher Dupertuis
Ricardo Garcia
Javier Gonzalez
Thomas Griffith
Andrew Guzzard
Eldon Karrati
Matthew Kasparian
Carlos Limon
Arturo Martinez
Luis Ochoa
Gage Oetgen
Michael Pellegrini
Brant Pulliam
Ian VanGerpen
Alan Almaguer
Amanda Avery
Ellery Beltran
Manuel Castaneda III
Michael Contreras
Justin Dettorre
Christopher Elguea
Joel Fien
Jacob Fryer
Borys Gudiel
Cody Hass
Justin Lahr
Christopher Napper
Calvin Ngo
Robert Price
Taylor Rappaport
Jeffrey Rodner
Gregory Zaccaro
Jason Teter
Greg Whitmore
Civilians:
Adam Blasey
Gregory Brown
Lenora Caldera
Mercedes Orellana-Farias
Tom Hoang
Maria Lozano
Brittany Medina
Nam Nguyen
William Nguyen
Mauricio Ramirez
Arman Serobyan
Amabel Torres
John Warner
Congratulations to those who were promoted!
Five in leadership promoted.
In another ceremony, this one held May 12, the LAFD honored the achievements of five LAFD uniformed members who have successfully completed the demanding process of promoting in rank within the Department.
Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park.
Individually honored at the event (with their new rank) were:
Assistant Chief Luis Aldana
Assistant Chief Melford Beard
Assistant Chief Jason Hing
Assistant Chief Peter Hsiao
Inspector II Patrick Perez
Congratulations to the new leaders!
