{"id":171872,"date":"2026-02-27T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171872\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:41:10","slug":"pride-of-parramore-orlando-firefighter-earns-floridas-top-honor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171872\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pride of Parramore:\u2019 Orlando firefighter earns Florida\u2019s top honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772190905532_1920x1080_thumbnail-y4bbLW-e1772209187714-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-788010\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: At Orlando Fire Department\u2019s Fire Station 2 \u2014 also known as \u201cPride of Parramore\u201d \u2014 Lt. Ron Huguenin keeps his approach simple: \u201cPutting the people first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After 19 years of service as a firefighter and paramedic for the City of Orlando, that mindset has now earned him one of the highest honors in the state, Professional Firefighters of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>The award is one of the most competitive and prestigious honors in the entire state, as thousands of nominations pour in from across Florida.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Florida State Fire Marshall\u2019s Office and Gov. Ron DeSantis recognize only one firefighter who exceeds their requirements, while demonstrating commitment to their community, leadership, courage and overall excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Huguenin, who had no idea he was nominated for the award, walked in to quite the surprise at work when he found out a few weeks ago, but what\u2019s not surprising, he says, is the training that he credits for his success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of the things Orlando FD is known for: their training. The people who came before me, they set the standard for us to follow.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: At Orlando Fire Department\u2019s Fire Station 2 \u2014 also known as \u201cPride of Parramore\u201d \u2014 Lt. Ron&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-171872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-florida","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}