rsmith@tribtoday.com
Staff photo / R. Michael Semple
Warren firefighter Brian Gilger, center, receives the inaugural Trumbull County Firefighter of the Year award Friday morning at the Parkman Road fire station, where Gilger is stationed. At left is Jim Standohar, marketing director for Servpro, and at right is Ted Snyder, general manager for the Tribune Chronicle. The newspaper and Servpro co-sponsored the award, which is planned to be an annual one.
WARREN Brian Gilger has been around firefighters all his life.
The 25 1/2 years he has worked for the Warren Fire Department are really the second half of his experience because his father, Dave Gilger, worked for the department for 30 years. The elder Gilger during his last three years of service was able to work side-by-side with his son in the department.