Hays County area firefighters who assisted in combating wildfires around Texas show off their certificates of appreciation from the Hays County Commissioners Court in the courthouse rotunda May 10. (Photo courtesy of Laureen Chernow)
STAFF REPORT
The Hays County Commissioners Court has honored 23 area firefighters who recently returned from fighting wildfires throughout the state.
Buda Fire Chief Clay Huckaby, who handed out certificates from the Court at the May 10 Commissioners Court meeting, noted that the firefighters deployed on short notice at the request of the Texas Forest Service to help fellow firefighters battle fires that ranged from far West Texas to near Fort Worth.
Those being honored included South Hays Fire Department’s Lt. Basil Pierce and firefighters Wes Trapp, Jesse Maldonado, TJ Browder, Chas Humphrey, Jason Perez and Matt Simkin; Buda Fire Department Lts. Craig Odell and Raymond Seyfried and firefighters Cory Young, Heath Huckaby, Carlos Rocha, Jason Cook, Ben Ogletree, Jacob Haverda and Abel Gonzales; Kyle Fire Department Lt. Derrick Sexton and firefighters Kevin Cox, Matt Jobe and Brandon Kitchens and Emergency Services District #6 firefighters Rayne Kelley, Dustin Hudson and Steven Fretwell.
