OFR captain honored for 25 years of service to the City of Ocala

Captain Brett Ortagus, left, receiving a 25-year service award from City Manager Sandra Wilson and Mayor Kent Guinn, right.

During city council meeting on February 16, Ocala Fire Rescue department veteran–Brett Ortagus who currently serves as one of three Prevention Captains–was honored with a 25-year service award.

City manager, Sandra Wilson, noted during the award ceremony that Ortagus’s pride in providing outstanding public service was evidenced by his participation in the department’s Special Operations team for a better part of the last 20 years.

Wilson credited Ortagus knowledge of hazardous materials, urban search and rescue, and rope rescue, among others, as being valuable when Ortagus led several deployments as a member of the State of Florida’s Task Force 8.

In Ortagus current role as a Prevention Captian, he focuses on school, commercial, and residential inspections.