Sun-Sentinel
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Boca Raton Fire Rescue Services is honoring Lt. Jamie Smith as Paramedic of the Year for 2008, the department announced Tuesday.
Smith helped save a 39-year-old man having a seizure at a fitness center on Jan. 26. Smith, who was off-duty, gave the man mouth-to-mouth respiration until rescuers arrived. The man later had heart surgery and recovered. Smith also got the award for his work in training new employees and organizing fire service competition.
Smith, 41, has been with the department since July 1995, according to department spokesman Frank Correggio.