Ten years is a great vintage for Darius Zarrabi, who celebrates three major milestones this year — a decade both being married and as a Vacaville firefighter/paramedic, and being named the Vacaville Fire Department’s Firefighter of the Year.
“I feel great,” he said this week. “It’s an honor to be thought of like that by my brothers and sisters and to wear that hat for a year.” So many people are deserving of that title, he humbly pointed out, and luck was just on his side.
More likely it also entailed a lot of hard work and dedication, the likes of which landed him the firefighting job in the first place.