Past Award Recipients

Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Response Team, Steelton, PA

Genesee Fire Rescue, Golden, CO

Kingman Fire Department, Kingman, AZ

Little Rock Fire Department, Little Rock, AR

Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Benton, AR

Westwego Fire Department, Westwego, LA

Glen Gardner Volunteer Fire Company No.1 (Glen Gardner, NJ) 

Pleasant Hope Fire Protection District (Pleasant Hope, MO) 

Town of Superior Volunteer Fire Department (Superior, WI)

Etowah Rescue Squad and Rural Fire Department (Etowah, TN)

Sheridan Community Fire Department (Sheridan, MI)

Robstown Volunteer Fire Department (Robstown, TX)

Caledonia Fire Department (Caledonia, NY)

Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Company (Gales Ferry, CT) 

Haynesville Fire Department (Haynesville, LA)

Patrick Springs Volunteer Fire Department (Patrick Springs, VA)

Sequoyah County RFPD#1 (Gore, OK)

Genoa Volunteer Fire Department (Texarkana, AR) 

Gilt Edge Volunteer Fire Department (Gilt Edge, TN) 

West Hancock Fire Rescue (Pearlington, MS)

Gilsum Fire & Rescue (Gilsum, NH)

Kirksville Volunteer Fire Department (Richmond, KY)

Ladonia Volunteer Fire Department (Phenix City, AL)

Shelbyville Fire Department (Shelbyville, KY)

Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department (Greeneville, TN)

New Johnsonville Fire Department (New Johnsonville, TN)

Water Witch Hose Company #2 (New Milford, CT)

Willow Grove Fire Company (Willow Grove, NJ)

Prairie View Volunteer Firefighting Association (Prairie View, TX)

Michigan Hazmat Responder of the Year Award: Captain Justin Steeby, Grand Rapids Fire Department

Aaron Strom, Somers Fire & Rescue / Kenosha County HazMat Team, Kenosha, WI

James Pendergast, Galesburg Fire Department, Galesburg, IL

Braden J. Klausing, Pleasantview Fire Protection District, La Grange Highlands, IL

Troy Reed, Mansfield Fire Department, Mansfield, OH

Joseph C. Schardien, Somerset County Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team, Hillsborough, NJ

William Missal, Lake County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Crown Point, IN 

Brian Hobbs, Louisville Fire Department, Louisville, KY

Curt McKinney, Jackson Township Fire Department, Jackson Township, OH

Charles Swank, Mansfield Fire Department, Mansfield, OH

Dereck White, New Castle Fire Department, New Castle, IN

Eric Petersen, Racine Fire Department, Racine, WI

Jeremy S. Jeffcoat, Orangeburg County Fire District, Orangeburg, SC

Amy Gray Schaefer, Covington Fire Department (KY)

Daniel Podlogar, Stark County HAZMAT/Massillon Department (OH)

Jacob Elder, Godfrey Fire District (IL)

Joshua Shuttlesworth, Triune-Halleck Volunteer Fire Department /Monongalia County Hazardous Incident Response Team/WV Regional Response Team (WV)

Hazmat Officer of the Year: Marion Whatley, Battalion Chief, Fort Bend County Hazmat

Hazmat Instructor of the Year: Jeffrey Hennessy, Coordinator of Hazardous Materials/WMD Training, Chicago Fire Department

Hazmat Officer of the Year: Captain Daniel Hoy, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA

Hazmat Instructor of the Year: Battalion Chief Roy Mitchell, Boise Fire Department, ID

Hazmat Officer of the Year: Battalion Chief Robert Rezende, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

Hazmat Instructor of the Year: Jake Martin, Michigan State Police HMTU & Battle Creek Fire Dept. (BCFD)
 

Hazmat Officer of the Year - Captain Casey Simon, Milwaukee Fire Department

From Left to Right: Erica Bernstein (CHEMTREC), Joe Milazzo (CHEMTREC), Captain Casey Simon (Milwaukee Fire Department), Gary Sharp (Hazard3), and Dr. Christina Baxter (Hazard3).

Hazmat Instructor of the Year - Tyler Hoke, Greensboro Fire Department

From Left to Right: Erica Bernstein (CHEMTREC), Joe Milazzo (CHEMTREC), Tyler Hoke (Greensboro Fire Department), Dr. Christina Baxter (Hazard3), and Gary Sharp (Hazard3).