TIP dinner honors first responders


  • January 20, 2015
  • /   Staff Reports
  • /   government
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, a chaplain and other emergency responders from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will be honored at a dinner in Pensacola on Saturday. The event is organized by the Trauma Intervention Program, which provides volunteers to help people after fires, car wrecks, crimes and other emergencies. The dinner is sponsored this year by the Studer Foundation. The event will be held at Pensacola Yacht Club. A silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. Here are the names of eight people being honored. The ninth person, the winner of the Champion’s Award, will be announced at the dinner. Cpl. Stephen Fisher, Florida Highway Patrol and Lt. Jamie Chandler, Midway Fire District — call involving a young driver who struck and killed a pedestrian who walked into her path. Detective Dylan Stackpole, Pensacola Police Department— call involving efforts to help a mother at the scene of the suicide of her son. Sgt. Scott Haines, Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office — two calls: -one involving interactions with the elderly parents of a female suicide victim; the other involving interactions with elderly parents, siblings and children of a male suicide victim. Sgt. Vincent Odenbrett, Escambia County Sheriff's Office — call involving a SIDS death with young parents and multiple young siblings. Paramedic Gary Straughn, Escambia EMS— call involving the death of an elderly woman who was a caregiver for an Alzheimer's spouse/survivor. Park Manager Ferlain Hoover, Blackwater State Park— call involving the drowning of two brothers in which Mr. Hoover went through extraordinary efforts to obtain personal camping equipment and more to set up a camp for the family, providing a more secure and comfortable area as the search effort extended late into the evening. Chaplain David Stocker, Baptist Health Care — two calls, both exhibiting actions over and above with families: one the parents of a young male suicide victim, the other involved the family of an elderly man who succumbed to cardiac arrest. TIP holds the dinner each year to honor emergency responders who go “above and beyond the call of duty” to help victims. The 2015 dinner will recognize a wide variety of people from local agencies. TIP, a non-profit group with no paid employees, also responds to Pensacola International Airport whenever the remains of fallen military members are returned home. The local website is www.tip-ser.org. Within minutes after being notified by 911, TIP volunteers respond to natural and violent deaths, fires, homicides, domestic violence and other events. They provide emotional and practical support to victims, as well as information about funeral homes, medical examiner procedures and military notification numbers.  About Trauma Intervention Program TIP provides volunteers and training to help victims in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This service is provided free, around the clock, 365 days a year.
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