Sgt. Nick Hippler of the Farmington Hills Fire Department was honored as the firefighter of the year at a recent Optimist Club meeting.
Hippler’s career with the department began as a paid on-call firefighter in 2003. He was hired as a career firefighter in 2006, promoted to senior firefighter in 2010, and to sergeant in 2015.
Hippler is a member of the department’s Honor Guard, and serves as a fire investigator and fire academy instructor. He has received five Life Saving Awards, three Certificates of Appreciation and numerous letters of appreciation from the public.
He is a 2001 graduate of Farmington High School and has a bachelor’s degree from Madonna University in fire science. He is also a graduate of the Eastern Michigan University School of Fire Staff & Command.