Commander, Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) Rear Adm. Wesley McCall, and Naval Air Station Whiting Field recently congratulated the winners of the 2022 Fire and Emergency Services award competition. In addition to naming the region firefighter and fire officer of the year, the admiral recognized Gulf Coast Fire and Emergency Services, consolidated NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field, as Fire Department of the Year, Large Category. Navy Region Southeast Military Fire Officer for 2022 is Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (ABH) 1st Class Neil Ferrer. Ferrer, is from San Francisco, California. He is the Fire and Emergency Services Division III leading petty officer (LPO). As a fire officer, Ferrer is directly responsible for firefighter teams, stations, and equipment contributing to the ABH mission of aircraft firefighting. Ferrer managed 80 plus Sailors in all facets of firefighting and rescue procedures across 10 Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLFs). He is a qualified Fire Captain, as well as fully certified in Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Driver/Operator, Fire Instructor I, Fire Officer I, and Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). He devoted more than 1,600 hours of firefighting and rescue procedures training, as well as 528 live fire and 176 drill scenarios. He also played a vital role in certifying 21 ARFF Driver/Operators, 13 Fire Instructors Level I, 13 Fire Officer I’s, and 3 EMR’s which allowed TRAWING FIVE to execute 1 million annual flight evolutions while qualifying more than 500 aviators. In addition to these accomplishments, Ferrer was recognized as NAS Whiting Field’s Senior Sailor of the Year for 2022.
| Date Taken: | 02.08.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 03.15.2023 11:44 |
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