CAPE MAY, N.J. – A local Coast Guardsman has been selected as the Coast Guard’s Firefighter of the Year for his service aboard Training Center Cape May and in the surrounding community.
Petty Officer Michael Filippone, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was selected from the service’s more than 800 damage controlmen. Filippone responded to more than 400 calls for emergency services in 2011 aboard Training Center Cape May, Coast Guard family housing and in nearby municipalities.
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