Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor Recipients
Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor Recipients
Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor Recipients
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<strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Valor</strong><br />
Historical List of <strong>Recipients</strong><br />
Date Name <strong>Fire</strong> Department<br />
10/06/70 David L. Fossell St. Louis (MO) FD<br />
11/30/70 Larry R. Norton Miami (FL) FD<br />
12/15/70 Clif<strong>for</strong>d Fox Newark (NJ) FD<br />
08/03/71 Herbert S. Bane Pacific Architects & Engineers (S.<br />
Vietnam)<br />
08/09/71 Dennis Schroeder Fresno (CA) FD<br />
09/07/71 Leendert Vandrop Chicago (IL) FD<br />
09/16/71 Freddie Manuel Lake Charles (LA) FD<br />
10/21/71 Richard P. Hickey Boston (MA) FD<br />
10/26/71 Richard Willcoxson Kansas City (MO) FD<br />
01/26/72 David Carpenter Fairfax Co. (VA) FD<br />
04/25/72 Richard Davis Haddon Hts. (NJ) FD<br />
05/01/72 Billy R. Garrison Farmers Branch (TX) FD<br />
08/10/72 Edward A. Mitchell San Fransisco (CA) FD<br />
09/10/72 Gerald Suttmiller Lakewood (OH) FD<br />
11/02/72 Thomas Manerbino Denver (CO) FD<br />
12/18/72 Robert D. Cooper Windsor (Ont., Can.) FD<br />
02/22/73 Francis P. Byrne Boston (MA) FD<br />
03/08/73 C.C. Chen Taipei (Taiwan) FD<br />
07/24/73 Joseph D’Agostino Lake Worth (FL) FD<br />
10/21/73 Jon C. Grover Silver Springs (MD) FD<br />
01/30/74 Cullen D. Clary Shreveport (LA) FD<br />
03/05/74 Gerhard Bronkhorst Nigel (Boksburg, S. Africa) FD<br />
09/15/74 Terry Millard San Francisco (CA) FD<br />
09/17/75 Mike Phillips Phoenix (AZ) FD
<strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Valor</strong><br />
Historical List of <strong>Recipients</strong><br />
09/19/76 James P. Petros Tulsa (OK) FD<br />
09/25/77 Peter L. Sabino Cincinnati (OH) FD<br />
12/06/77 Alma L. Brandon Texarkana (TX) FD<br />
09/10/78 Donald C. Johnson El Paso (TX) FD<br />
09/16/79 Anthony Tercha Philadelphia (PA) FD<br />
09/28/80 William McGaul,<br />
Ronald Strub<br />
Huntington (NY) FD<br />
1981 Italian <strong>Fire</strong> Brigade Italian <strong>Fire</strong> Brigade<br />
09/19/82 Chris Galloway Sheridan (WY) FD<br />
08/28/83 Timothy Blancard Lake Havasu (AZ) FD<br />
09/30/84 Gary Brown Dulles Airport (VA) FD<br />
09/30/84 Blaine Chetwood Cincinnati (OH) FD<br />
10/03/85 Albert K. Smalls, III, Thomas E. Erickson Seattle (WA) FD<br />
09/21/86 Sean E. King Laurel (MD) Volunteer Rescue<br />
Squad<br />
08/16/87 James J. O’Shea Brentwood (NY) FD & FDNY<br />
08/28/88 Richard Shiah Niagara Falls (NY) FD<br />
08/27/89 Larry Lee Wood DWF Airport (TX) FD<br />
08/19/90 Manfred Kern Aurora (CO) FD<br />
09/22/91 Tony McDaniel Hickory (NC) FD<br />
09/13/92 Raymond Caballero Chicago (IL) FD<br />
08/29/93 Robert Smith<br />
8/28/94 Daniel Viancourt<br />
David Viancourt<br />
Vincent Viancourt<br />
Cleveland (OH) FD<br />
1995 Oklahoma City <strong>Fire</strong> Department Oklahoma City FD<br />
08/24/96 Dennis Rich<br />
Donald Lopez<br />
Santa Rosa (CA) FD<br />
08/23/97 Joel Harper Plano (TX) FD<br />
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<strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Valor</strong><br />
Historical List of <strong>Recipients</strong><br />
Clay Hooten<br />
09/02/98 LT. Robert “Buster” Foster<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter & Acting Engineer Landon West<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Mike Lachman<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Cody Stillwell<br />
1999 <strong>Fire</strong> Fighter Matt Mosely<br />
Fort Worth (TX) FD<br />
Atlanta (GA) FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Winston Minor<br />
2000 Battalion Chief Patrick J. Wiley<br />
Watertown (NY) FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Dan Gaumont<br />
2001 <strong>Fire</strong>fighter Joseph Jay<br />
Kankakee (IL) FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Richard L. Kamerad<br />
2002 Lieutenant Randy Schmelz<br />
Arlington (TX) FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Robin Paulsgrove<br />
2003 <strong>Fire</strong>fighter/Paramedic Jasen Brown<br />
City of Alhambra (CA) FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Vincent L. Kemp<br />
2004 Captain Patrick Martin<br />
Captain Phil Atwood<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Marvin Donaldson<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Apparatus Operator Sean McKarnin<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter David Bradley<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Stephen Johnson<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Richard “Smokey” Dyer<br />
2005 Lt. Steven Traylor<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter William Jef<strong>for</strong>ds<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Michael Harrell<br />
Kansas City (MO) <strong>Fire</strong><br />
Department<br />
Chesterfield County (VA) <strong>Fire</strong><br />
and EMS<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Paul Mauger<br />
2006 Assistant FC Timothy Ybarra<br />
Captain Ramon R. Pravia<br />
Driver/Operator Manuel T. Ramos,<br />
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Navy <strong>Fire</strong> and Emergency<br />
<strong>Service</strong>s (Naval Station Rota,<br />
Spain)
<strong>Benjamin</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Valor</strong><br />
Historical List of <strong>Recipients</strong><br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Jeronimo L. Enriquez<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Javier R. Arellano<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter ABH2 David Jiminez<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Freddie Thompson, Jr.<br />
2007 Lieutenant Brian Moffitt<br />
Driver/Engineer Christopher Richardson<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Nicholas Chapel<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Ryan Douglas<br />
Colorado Springs FD<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Manuel Navarro<br />
2008 <strong>Fire</strong>fighter Keith A. Grant<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter David E. Johnston<br />
City of Watertown (NY) <strong>Fire</strong><br />
Rescue Department<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Daniel J. Gaumont<br />
2009 <strong>Fire</strong>fighter Nicholas DiGiacomo<br />
Miami Dade (FL) <strong>Fire</strong> Rescue<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Robert Palestrant<br />
2010 Captain Charles J. Metivier<br />
Rescue Operator Kalani Abreu,<br />
Rescue Specialist Roy Constantino<br />
Rescue Specialist Francisco Garcia<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Robert F. Westerman<br />
2011 Captain Kendall Thompson<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, AFSM<br />
(accepted at FRI by Asst. Commissioner Keith<br />
Harrap, AFSM)<br />
2012 Battalion Chief Timothy Hanlon<br />
Lieutenant John Maes<br />
Engineer <strong>Fire</strong>fighter Josh Dueto<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter John Brereton<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Josh Hamilton<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter Mark Maxwell<br />
County of Kaua’i (HI) FD<br />
New South Wales Rural <strong>Fire</strong><br />
<strong>Service</strong> (Australia)<br />
North Metro <strong>Fire</strong> & Rescue<br />
District (Broomfield, CO)<br />
Department Leadership <strong>Award</strong>:<br />
Chief Joseph Bruce<br />
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