Firefighter of the Year Award
Honor your outstanding volunteers with a nomination for the St. Lawrence County Fire Chiefs Firefighter of the Year Award. We recognize members with this prestigious honor designated for those who exemplify what the fire service and protecting our communities is all about.
Please complete the form below (scroll down), or mail a letter on your fire department's letterhead to:
St. Lawrence County Fire Chief's Association
PO Box 271
Rensselaer Falls, NY 13680
All nominations are required to be on fire department letter, signed off by the Chief or Secretary of the fire department.
Nominations are due by December 1, 2026.
Past Recipients
2024 Mark Bomyea, Renssealer Falls
2023 Mike Hebert, Heuvelton
2022 Adrian Bush, Norfolk
2021 Mark Watson, Madrid
2020 Jeff Hammond, Rensselaer Falls
2019 Vincent Ferry, Gouverneur
2018 Jesse Kozack, Potsdam
2018 Nick Maneely, Canton
2018 Dan Grant, Norwood
2018 Matt Grant, Norwood
2018 Wyatt Boswell, Madrid
2018 Andrew Barr, Madrid
2018 Jessica Callahan, Madrid
2017 Ron Streeter, Hopkinton-Ft. Jackson
2016 Robert Kerr, Norfolk
2015 Brad Andrus, Potsdam
2014 E. Jack Wood, Heuvelton
2013 Richard Daby, Hopkinton-Ft. Jackson
2012 John LaShomb, Sr., Lawrenceville
2011 Shawn Macauley, Brier Hill
2011 John McLear, Lisbon
2011 Wayne Duke Hutton, Heuvelton
2010 Scott McRobbie, Colton
2009 Darrel Williams, Hannawa Falls
2008 Joe Devito, Sr., Hannawa Falls
2007 Jerry Wilson, Colton
2006 Richard Brown, Hannawa Falls
2005 Greg Monroe, Norfolk
2004 Daniel Basford, Heuvelton
2003 Jason Whitton, Gouverneur
2002 Richard Felt, Hammond
2001 Roger Davis, Hannawa Falls
2000 Gerald Goldsworthy, Hopkinton-Ft. Jackson
1999 Richard Miller, West Potsdam
1998 Robert Poor, Rensselaer Falls
1997 Joseph Gallagher, Potsdam
1996 Stephen Knowlton, Heuvelton
1995 Kit W. Smith, Morristown
1994 K. William "Bill" Grant, West Potsdam
1993 Charles Smith, Massena
1992 Joseph Finnegan, Madrid
1991 Timothy Bill, Heuvelton
1990 Dean Gibson
1989 Spencer Blanchard, West Potsdam
1987 James Bogardus, Jr., Morristown
1986 Walter "Glen" Rickett, Heuvelton
1985 Lewis Hitter, Massena
1984 Elwood "Jack" Nicholson, Massena
1983 Howard Smith, Potsdam
1982 Stanley Richardson, Parishville
1981 Thomas Frank, Colton
1980 Wallace Collins
1979 John Green, Gouverneur
1978 Paul Wood, Heuvelton
1977 Erle Mousaw, Hannawa Falls
1976 Lyle Woods, Heuvelton
1975 Emerson Forbes, Canton
1974 Glen Robinson, Massena
1973 Dominic Zappia, Norfolk
1972 William Reid, Massena
1971 Earl Drew, Norwood
1970 James Doyle, Potsdam