VIDEO: Firefighters were honored in the Village of Howard Monday evening. The department switched to its own ambulance service at the start of the year and I'm checking in with the Fire Chief to see how it's all going. "I swear that I will uphold the constitution of the United States [and] the constitution of the state of Wisconsin." "I want to express how proud I am of each and every one of you for all that you have done for this department." At the start of Howard's Village Board meeting Monday, the Howard Fire Department honored its staffers with a pinning ceremony — an event Fire Chief Dennis Staeven says is an honored tradition. Lieutenant Jared Hohol is a firefighter and EMT helping to staff the department's new in-house ambulance service.