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Updated: 12:25 PM MST April 8, 2021
BUCKEYE, Ariz. The City of Buckeye announced Fire Chief Bob Costello died on Thursday.
Costello had served as Chief of Buckeye’s Fire and Medical Rescue Department since 2008.
Costello was recognized for numerous awards and innovative programs during his time as chief, including the implementation of the Community Paramedicine Program, in coordination with Banner Estrella Medical Center.
Some of Costello s other awards and achievements include:
Serving on the state’s Emergency Medical Services Council from 2001 – 2004, and from 2016 to his last appointment by Governor Ducey in 2020.
Healthcare Hero Award, Phoenix Business Journal, Aug. 2019
Exemplary Service to Humanity by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, Feb. 2019
Life as a medical interpreter on the frontlines against COVID-19
Earl Neikirk/AP
This Aug. 25, 2018, photo shows beds and other equipment being assembled in an ICU room in the Lee County Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Va. Virginia s westernmost county had appeared to be on track to reopen its only hospital, a rare accomplishment a rural community anywhere in the country. But questions involving the company expected to run the Lee County facility have thrown the plan into question at the last minute. (AP Photo/Earl Neikirk)
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PHOENIX â Medical interpreters work side by the side with the doctors and nurses trying to save people from the pandemic.