Fireman of the Year: Andreas Maple

The Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce annually  honors community and business leaders for their outstanding service to McLean. Seventeen men and women, our neighbors, received awards in a recent ceremony for their amazing work. McLean Patch is profiling each winner by publishing the citations awarded to each.

Andreas Maple is a firefighter and EMT with the McLean Volunteer Fire Department.

Andreas may only 19 years old, but his hard work and reliability have allowed the leadership of the Fire Department to entrust him with great responsibility.  Andreas was named the vehicle coordinator for the ambulance, requiring him to be responsible for its inspection, cleaning, maintenance and checking, and restocking its medical supplies.  He was also promoted to ambulance driver this year after completing the required training.

He completed his EMT, Firefighter 1 and Firefighter 2 training last year.  As well as assisting the McLean Volunteer Fire Department, Andreas also volunteers with Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue at stations 6 and 22.  He has responded to many emergency calls, both of the fire and medical variety, and is always quick to volunteer to serve at Department events.