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BY DANICA LLOYD
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“The commitment she has to the community is second to none. When you call 911, it can be one of the worst days of your life. Chief Ramon realizes that and wants to help ease the anxiety people feel. That’s why she is never complacent about training, equipment, or anything else that impacts the safety of the community.” NICK BUONAROSA, DISTRICT CHIEF OF SUPPRESSION
"I wish I had time to name every hurricane, ood, and ice storm that she faced with ... the determination to take care of our personnel and the community at whatever the cost. She would not leave our command center until each event was over, using her own resources when needed to get food to our personnel, our stranded citizens, and even their pets." COURTNEY CHUMLEY, DISTRICT CHIEF OF EMS
Amy Ramon joined the Cy-Fair Fire Department at 20 years old as a volunteer reghter, and this March she received the Texas Fire Chiefs Association’s 2024 Fire Chief of the Year Award. “The re service is a calling; people get into it and never leave,” CFFD Chief of Operations Brent Scalise said in a news release. “Amy is the perfect example of that. She has a skill set that is not easily found in the re service. Not only does she have an understanding of all aspects of emergency services, she’s also an attorney and a nancial expert.” Cy-Fair re chief receives statewide honor
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worked her way up to station ocer, board member and assistant chief of EMS until she accepted the role of re chief in mid-2014. About ve years later, she led the department through a transition from a volunteer re department to one that has full-time, part-time and volunteer re ghters on sta. She continues to oversee the CFFD’s growth today with plans to add eight new re stations over the next several years. Ramon has a bachelor’s degree in business management and a Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law. She works with Lone Star College locally to advance the re science and EMS industries, serves as an instructor for the Texas Fire Chiefs Academy and is on the executive board of the Harris County Fire Chiefs Association.
The Texas Fire Chiefs Association is a nonpro t that serves as the liaison between re service leadership across the state and the Texas Legislature. According to the release, each re department across the state gets one vote to decide who wins the annual award. Ramon is the rst woman to receive it. “I’m beyond thrilled with this recognition,” she said in a statement. “But mostly I’m grateful: for the frontline responders who save lives, the leaders who show up every day and give it their all, the commissioners who’ve made sure our crews have fair compensation and the best equipment, and the community that turns up for events and supports us every step along the way.” Ramon began her re service career in 1990 as a volunteer re ghter with the CFFD and
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