Paul Tyler not only served as Sergeant and a Safety Officer for the LaPaz-North Township Fire Department but also as a brother, friend, and confidante. These are all things that can only describe someone willing to dedicate 62 years to middle-of-the-night fires, accidents during snowstorms, responding to medical alarms for your neighbors in the community, and countless other horrors that not everyone can handle.”

When you ask some of Paul’s brothers in the department, they will tell you that he is always humble, dependable, loyal, and trustworthy. And as admirable as that is, it is not an easy life to constantly give of yourself and expects absolutely nothing in return. He belongs to the generation that, when a need is seen, you step up. LaPaz Fire Chief Matthew Haskins said, “If you were to ask Paul about what it has meant to dedicate his life to this department, he’d probably just shrug it off. Paul Tyler was honored for his 62 years of dedicated and unselfish service to the LaPaz-North Township Volunteer Fire Department. On Saturday, July 1 st the Indiana Fire Marshall’s Office awarded a LaPaz-North Township Volunteer Firefighter with the Meritorious Service Medal.

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