The Indian River Volunteer Fire Company wishes to acknowledge the “2009 Top Incident Responders.” These volunteer firefighters have devoted many hours of their personal time to the communities that encompass the Indian River fire district. Please join me in recognizing the following members: #1 – Harry Dawson with 99% of the incident responses – 375 alarms; #2 – James R. Wagner with 95% of the incident responses – 360 alarms; #3 – David Blumenthal with 80% of the incident responses – 303 alarms; #4 – Hayden Klingler with 72% of the incident responses – 272 alarms; #5 – Steven C. Deery, Jr. with 64% of the incident responses – 244 alarms; #6 – Derrick M. Pry with 59% of the incident responses – 225 alarms; #7 – Clarence “Jim” Becker with 57% of the incident responses – 215 alarms; #8 – Brian Morley with 56% of the incident responses – 212 alarms; #9 – John W. Swithenbank, III with 55 % of the incident responses – 208 alarms; #10 – Steven R. Hawkins with 53% of the incident responses – 199 alarms; #11(a) – Jason M. Faulkner, Sr. with 50% of the incident responses – 191 alarms; #11(b) – Ryan Mock with 50% of the incident responses – 191 alarms; #11(c) - Eric Ruckle with 50% of the incident responses – 191 alarms; #11(d)-Jay Stephenson with 50% of the incident responses – 191 alarms; #12 – Jeff Biele with 49% of the incident responses – 188 alarms; #13 – Raymond E. Collas with 48% of the incident responses – 186 alarms; #14 – Patrick C. Miller with 58% of the incident responses – 185 alarms; and #15 – Anthony Tobias with 46% of the incident responses – 175 alarms. There were 387 alarms for the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company for this reporting period. Please join us in recognizing these outstanding volunteers.