Members of the Sons of the American Revolution on Monday awarded Flagler County Firefighter-Paramedic Jason Feldman with the Emergency Medical Services Award.
Flagler Chapter Awards Committee member David Kelsey spoke of the tradition of presenting the award as “descendants of our great nation’s very first public servants.”
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, which was organized on April 30, 1889, the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as our nation’s first president.
Flagler County Fire Chief Mike Tucker introduced Feldman, who was nominated for the Emergency Medical Services Award by Steve Ripley, who alongside Tucker presented him with a medal. The award was established in 2005 to honor community service above what is required for work.
“He is an outstanding Firefighter-Paramedic,” Tucker said. “I have every reason to believe he will be receiving a number of promotions under me in the future.”
Ripley is one of the Flagler Chapter’s 50 members of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as a Florida Emergency Management Volunteer and lead trainer and course manager for the Flagler Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program.
“Jason Feldman really stood out because of all of his involvement surrounding COVID-19,” Ripley said before the awards ceremony. “He was overwhelmingly accepted by the Sons of the American Revolution for this award, because of his willingness to go above and beyond.”
Feldman was part of core COVID-19 team initiative led by Community Paramedic Caryn Prather that started with testing and evolved to vaccinating homebound residents. Rob Errett and Nealon Joseph were also on the team.
“I am extremely proud of Jason,” Prather said.
Feldman was recently promoted to Field Training Officer for Emergency Medical Services. He is a CERT team lead. He has worked for Flagler County since June 2018.
Feldman’s family attended the ceremony including his wife Pamela and his 3-month-old son Ralph.
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