{"id":7603,"date":"2025-04-07T02:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2025-04-07T02:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:31:07","slug":"princeton-promotes-firefighter-nick-dykstra-to-lieutenant-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7603","title":{"rendered":"Princeton promotes firefighter Nick Dykstra to lieutenant – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra is sworn in by City Manager Theresa Wittenauer on Monday, March 3, 2025. <\/span>(Derek Barichello)
For the past six years, newly-promoted Princeton<\/a> Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra has been an acting company officer, and over that time, he\u2019s responded to several structure fires and medical emergencies.
\u201cI think it\u2019s safe to say, I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve had a more battled tested person for lieutenant,\u201d Princeton Fire Chief Scott Etheridge said on Monday during Dykstra\u2019s promotion ceremony.
Dykstra was sworn into his new position in front friends, family and colleagues. The fire department\u2019s Color Guard presented the flags and a bagpiper performed while Dykstra received his pin.
\u201cI\u2019m very honored,\u201d said Dykstra, who will be lieutenant of the Gold Shift. \u201cI look forward to serving the community and working with my guys and look forward to what\u2019s to come. We\u2019ve had some adventurous years, I can only imagine what the future will bring.\u201d
Jerod Doty, president of the Princeton Firefighters Local, said Dykstra is a reliable person. Doty said he was reminded of Dykstra when he listened to a podcast talking about the difference between a 6 p.m. friend and a 3 a.m. friend, which is a friend that is there no matter what.
\u201cNo matter what\u2019s asked, he\u2019s always there,\u201d Doty said of Dykstra. \u201cI would even go further than that, I would call him the \u2018never heard his voicemail friend.\u2019 For the long time I\u2019ve known Nick, I can say with confidence, I don\u2019t know what his voicemail says, because he\u2019s always there.\u201d
Etheridge said Dykstra has been trusted with projects, to handle the fire department\u2019s software program and he\u2019s a part of the department\u2019s firefighter apparatus purchasing committee. The fire chief said Dykstra has asked questions that have led to improvements.
Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra is pinned Monday, March 3, 2025, during his swearing-in ceremony at the fire department. <\/span>(Derek Barichello)
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Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra is sworn in by City Manager Theresa Wittenauer on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Derek Barichello)For the past six years, newly-promoted Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra has been an acting company officer, and over that time, he\u2019s responded to several structure fires and medical emergencies.\u201cI think it\u2019s safe to say, I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve had a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t