At the City Council Meeting on Monday, September 9, 2019, Mayor Buckley, Chief Remaley and Deputy Chief Spriggs presented several Fire Department Civilian Citations of Merit.
Max Shapiro from the Harbormasters Office was awarded for his assistance saving a kayaker and another citizen in the water who were trying to locate another kayaker who had gone underwater.
Several of the Watermark Cruises crew were awarded for their assistance when a citizen went into cardiac arrest while on the dock near them and they began CPR.
Also awarded, but unable to attend were several of the employees at the Boatyard Bar and Grill who assisted a patron who had choked with the Heimlich and then when the patron went into cardiac arrest started CPR.