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Flora named Urbana firefighter of the year
The Urbana Fire Division has announced John Flora is the 2020 Firefighter of the Year.
Flora was awarded this honor for his work as the division’s EMS coordinator and assistance in creating Emergency Temporary Measures that have driven policies in helping keep the community and personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even while dealing with these pandemic-related tasks, Flora also found the time to lead the charge to secure the division’s first video laryngoscope devices, which is a tool that will help take the Division’s EMS program to the next level with regard to technology. In addition, Flora secured funding through an EMS grant at no cost to the city.