STRENGTH: Tony Leibelt
Grant County Fire District 3 Chief Tony Leibelt stands in the firehouse at George where he’s served since 1988.
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Grant County Fire District 3 Chief Tony Leibelt, left, presents lifesaving awards to Quincy Police Department Officer Stephen Harder, left, and QPD Sergeant Jazzlyn Silva, center in February 2023. The two officers entered a burning house and saved a woman inside.
QUINCY – After 36 years as a firefighter, Tony Leibelt has seen it all. He’s stood on the front lines of wildfires, he’s rescued rock climbers on the cliffs above the Columbia River and once he even delivered a baby on a bathroom floor. Some of the calls are routine, some are tragic, and some are just plain weird.
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