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Federal Way Fire
Department's
Effie Mae Parker Award
The Effie Mae Parker
Award is presented each year to a citizen or
community group that supports and assists
the Federal Way community and
it's fire department. Effie Mae Parker was
the wife of one of the fire department's only
training officer many years ago. The Parkers lived in
the Fire Station 1 quarters off
South 360th
Street. She answered the emergency calls, opened the apparatus
doors, brought food and coffee to the crews at the emergency scene, and
was always available to help any and all who needed it. She was the
‘mother’ figure to a lot of the younger up and
coming volunteer firefighters back then. She later became very active
in a group called the “Flames” who were the wives of
the volunteer fire fighters,
and supported the volunteer fire fighters
at all hours of the day and night to make sure they had hot coffee and
food to sustain their efforts. When Effie Mae passed away several years
back the fire department felt it was necessary
to remember her spirit and selfless contributions by naming an award
after her.
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The 2002 Effie Mae Parker Award
The
Federal Way Amateur Radio Club received the Effie Mae Parker Award in
2002 for their outstanding support and selfless contributions to the
Federal Way Fire Department and the Community of Federal Way. Federal
Way Fire Department wanted to recognize the club’s diligent work in
Emergency Management, Disaster Preparedness, and their desire to help
the community at all times; not only during disasters. The Federal Way
Amateur Radio Club always displays an eagerness to help people in the
direst of emergent conditions, and to help train and educate the
community in disaster preparedness and emergency management. Their
efforts to support emergency operations during catastrophic events by
manning radios for emergency calls and directing relief efforts is to be
commended as it is a vital link in helping our community.
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