Fire and Emergency Services honored by AMC

[The Patriot]

Four employees in Anniston Army Depot's Directorate of Emergency Services were recently honored by Army Materiel Command.Stephen Batey received an award as the fire officer of the year for AMC.Batey has served DES' Fire and Emergency Services Division for 11 years.Ricky Gilchrist was named the dispatcher of the year.Gilchrist has been a depot employee for 13 years.Michael Wood earned the title of medical services provider of the year.Wood has been a paramedic since 1998 and has worked for the depot since 2009.Donald Heard, chief for the Fire and Emergency Services Division, was nominated by AMC for the Department of the Army's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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