Chad Quackenbush named Fire Prevention Educator of the Year

MONTGOMERY — The Education Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of the Orange County Firefighters Museum have announced that Chad Quackenbush of the Warwick Fire Department’s Excelsior Hose Co. No. 1 has been named the Fire Prevention Educator of the Year.

Quackenbush will be presented the award on June 1 at a gala being held at the museum. Criteria for this award include innovative ways of presenting fire prevention and life safety education to the public. After reviewing several candidates, Quackenbush was the unanimous winner of the award.

Quackenbush has been teaching fire prevention programs for the Town of Warwick for almost 20 years; he chairs his fire departments fire prevention open house annually, and this past year he attended the State Academy at Montour Falls and received his national certification as a fire and public safety instructor.

The programs that Quackenbush hosts are geared to scouts and seniors as well as school age children; he also handles publication distribution of fire prevention and fire safety brochures at Warwick’s town and village halls, and provides fire extinguisher training.

He will join 2011 recipient Amy Conner of the Good Will Fire Department and Barbara Gasperetti of the Coldenham Fire Department , the 2012 recipient.

Essential information
The June 1 gala includes appetizers, beverages and a silent auction and is open to the public. Tickets are $20 and can be obtained by calling 845-457-9666 or e-mail ocfmny@gmail.com.

To learn more about the museum and education center, visit online at ocfm.us or on Facebook.