Retirements and Promotions – November 2022 to January 2023

The Raleigh Fire Museum congratulates these recently retired and newly promoted members:

Retirements

January 1, 2023

• Battalion Chief Daniel B. Gardner, with 27 years of service
• Battalion Chief W. Todd Gautier, with 24.39 years
• Captain Richard L. Coats, with 36.28 years
• Captain Raymond J. Guidi, with 28.61 years
• Captain R. Thomas McGee, with 28.61 years
• Captain Philip S. Morgan, with 29.8 years
• Captain Timothy J. Wilson, with 28.61 years
• Senior FF Timothy H. Godwin, with 28.61 years

December 1, 2022

• Captain and Incident Safety Officer Stephen M. Welch, with 20.16 years
• Captain Kevin E. Radford with 26.92 years
• Lt. Randy L. Smith, with 25.11 years

November 1, 2022

• Lt. Randall E. Schmidt, with 26.83 years

Promotions

January 28, 2023

Promoted to Lieutenant

• Lt. Brady A. Alton
• Lt. Nicholas A. Azan
• Lt. Matthew G. Bledsoe
• Lt. Cedric L. Branch
• Lt. Kevin C. Brandt
• Lt. Dillon N. Brown
• Lt. Justin T. Casey
• Lt. Caleb J. Creech
• Lt. Jeremiah J. Davis
• Lt. Daniel W. Dean
• Lt. Wayne T. Ennis
• Lt. Jordan K. Friese
• Lt. Justin B. Hales
• Lt. Davey F. Hodge
• Lt. Zachary N. Kahan
• Lt. Charles W. Langston
• Lt. Joe N. Montague Jr.
• Lt. Travis B. Parrish
• Lt. Andrew M. Perlak
• Lt. Danny S. Reyes
• Lt. Colton G. Spain
• Lt. Benjamin J. Sweet
• Lt. Dalton S. Tant
• Lt. Matthew S. White

January 14, 2023

Promoted to Battalion Chief:

• Battalion Chief Brandon K. Hopkins
• Battalion Chief David G. Bagwell

Promoted to Captain:

• Captain Timothy R. Ballard
• Captain Grady P. Collins
• Captain William B. Dillard
• Captain Jason B. Edwards
• Captain Russ M. Leaptrott
• Captain Caleb J. Lewis
• Captain Michael A. Lynch

December 17, 2022

Promoted to Captain:

• Captain Aaron C. Brents
• Captain Benjamin G. Shook

Promoted to First Class Firefighter:

• First Class FF Cullen V. Brown
• First Class FF Devin R. Callahan
• First Class FF Darryl W. Johnson
• First Class FF Ryan D. McLaurin
• First Class FF Hunter S. Toms
• First Class FF Devin C. Woodall

Here’s a montage of the retirees. Left to right, top to bottom, are Rich Coats, Dan Gardner, Todd Gautier, Tim Godwin, Raymond Guidy, Tommy McGee, Phil Morgan, Kevin Radford, Randall Schmidt, Randy Smith, Stephen Welch, and Tim Wilson.