Gina Ayres

Gina Ayres

Gina was an EMS veteran with 12 years of service. Prior to Central EMS, Gina was a firefighter and EMT but paused her career on hold to raise her daughters with her husband. Known to be caring and compassionate, her service to others was selfless and had no bounds....
Brian Alnes

Brian Alnes

Brian devoted 8 years as a firefighter and first responder with Crystal Fire Department and first responder with Swanville First Responders. He applied himself as a DNR instructor, started the CISM Program at Crystal Fire and Rescue Squad, and served as chaplain for...
Brian Hricik

Brian Hricik

As a young man, Brian became interested in Emergency Medical Services after watching the American drama series, “Emergency!” on television. Brian began volunteering at the Buckhall Volunteer Fire Department in Prince William County in 1989, earning his Emergency...
Albert W. Schlick III

Albert W. Schlick III

Al began his fire service career as a paid-on-call firefighter with the Wauconda Fire Department in Wauconda, IL in November 1987. He transitioned to a full-time firefighter in June of 1991 and rose up the ranks to become the Division Chief of Training. He retired in...
John Mondello

John Mondello

John was just 23 years old when he entered the FDNY EMS academy at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens. He was assigned to a Tactical Response Unit in the Bronx, and in this case, he was thrust into the grim early months of the pandemic soon after he left the EMS academy,...