From left, Debra Perryman accepts the North Jenkins 2009 Firefighter of the Year award from Mike Lane. (Photo contributed) The North Jenkins County volunteer firefighters have awarded the 2009 Firefighter of the Year to firefighter Debra Perryman. She is assigned to the North Jenkins Station #3 located in the Oak Hill district.

This award is presented to the firefighter maintaining the highest average in training hours and alarms responded to. The firefighter must also have been nominated by fellow firefighters.

Perryman has responded to more county-wide alarms than any other firefighter in the county in 2009. She serves as the Georgia Fire Incident Reporting Liaison for the department.

She has completed the GFIRS training course at the Georgia State Fire Academy and the NIMS Incident Command Courses through the National Fire Academy and Homeland Security.

Perryman received the award at the North Jenkins Christmas dinner Dec. 8. She is the wife of North Jenkins firefighter Louis Perryman.