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NCAFC Award Recipients

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2024 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Michael Hill

Fayetteville FD

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2024 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Steven McLendon

Wesley Chapel VFD

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2024 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

Josh Connell

Tryon FD

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2024 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Sean Johnson

Stoney Point VFD

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2023 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Jerry Brooks

Clemmons FD

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2023 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Kenneth Jackson, Jr.

Plain View FD

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2023 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

Don Crafford

City of Thomasville F/R

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2023 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Robert Shuford

Polkville VFD

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2022 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Charles Bowling

City of Thomasville FD

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2022 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Charles Bryson

Bryson City FD

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2022 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

Jimmy Owen

City of Henderson FD

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2022 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Gary Brock

Beaver Dam VFD

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2021 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

William Hunt

Shelby Fire & Rescue

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2021 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Johnny Joseph

Puppy Creek VFD

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2021 Career Fire Officer of the Year

Jenna Daniels

Summerfield FD

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2020 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Martin S. Dailey

City of Thomasville
Fire & Rescue

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2020 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Bryan L. Perry

Buxton Volunteer
Fire Department

2020 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

John Charles Bower

Wilmington Fire Department

2020 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Kevin Thomas Murphy

Stoney Point Volunteer
Fire Department

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2019 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Benjamin Major, Jr.

Fayetteville Fire / Emergency Management

2019 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Ronald A. Boles, Jr.

East Bend Volunteer
Fire Department

2019 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

Chris Davis

Forsyth County Fire Department

2019 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Quentin Cash
Cherryville Fire Department

2018 Career Fire Chief
of the Year

Chief Lee Barbee

Town of Clayton FD

2018 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year

Chief Jake Williams

Odell Fire / Rescue

2018 Career Fire Officer
of the Year

Deputy Chief Todd Eury

Concord FD

2018 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year

Captain Trey Baynor, III

Pinetown Volunteer FD

Career Fire Chief of the Year Award Recipients

2006    Kenneth Mullen -- Rocky Mount FD
2007    Jeff Cash -- Cherryville FD
2008    Mark Hinson -- Conover FD
2009    Mark McCurry -- Forest City FD
2010    Dennis Presley -- Skyland FD
2011    Don Oliver -- Wilson Fire / Rescue
2012    Sidney Perry -- Zebulon FD
2013    Mark Melvin -- Fort Bragg FD
2014    Scott Burnette -- Asheville FD
2015    T. J. McLamb -- Spring Lake FD
2016    Johnny Ray Allen -- Concord FD
2017    Joey Webb, Sr. -- Waynesville FD
2018    Lee Barbee -- Town of Clayton FD 
2019    Benjamin Major, Jr. -- Fayetteville Fire / Emerg Mngmt
2020    Martin S. Dailey -- Thomasville Fire & Rescue
2021    William Hunt -- Shelby Fire & Rescue
2022    Charles Bowling -- City of Thomasville FD
2023    Jerry Brooks -- Clemmons FD

2024    Michael Hill -- Fayetteville FD
Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year Award Recipients

2006    Allen Dennie -- Conetoe VFD
2007    Glenn Jernigan -- Faison VFD
2008    Walter Gardner -- Warrenton Rural VFD
2009    Johnny Nicholson -- Balsam-Willets-Ochre VFD
2010    Wesley Hutchins -- Walkertown VFD
2011    David Nance -- Northwest Pocket VFD
2012    Freddy Johnson, Sr. -- Stoney Point VFD
2013    Kevin Gordon -- Waco VFD
2014    Jeff G. Justice -- Reems Creek VFD
2015    Len Needham -- Bahama VFD
2016    Brian A. Wade -- North Lenoir VFD
2017    Eric Wiseman -- Parkway VFD
2018    Jake Williams -- Odell Fire / Rescue
2019    Ronald A. Boles, Jr. -- East Bend VFD
2020    Bryan L. Perry -- Buxton VFD
2021    Johnny Joseph -- Puppy Creek VFD
2022    Charles Bryson -- Bryson City FD
2023    Kenneth Jackson, Jr. -- Plain View FD
2024    Steven McLendon -- Wesley Chapel VFD
Career Fire Officer of the Year Award Recipients

2016    Stephen Craig Knotts -- New Hanover Co. F / R
2017    Jason Wofford -- Cherryville FD
2018    Todd Eury -- Concord FD 
2019    Chris Davis -- Forsyth County FD
2020    John Charles Bower -- Wilmington FD
2021    Jenna Daniels -- Summerfield FD

2022    Jimmy Owen -- City of Henderson FD
2023    Don Crafford -- City of Thomasville F/R
2024    
Josh Connell -- Tryon FD
Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year Award Recipients

2016    Freddy L. Johnson, Jr. -- Stoney Point VFD
2017    Todd McMurry -- Polkville VFD
2018    Trey Baynor -- Pinetown VFD
2019    Quentin Cash -- Cherryville FD
2020    Kevin Thomas Murphy -- Stoney Point VFD
2022    Gary Brock -- Beaver Dam VFD
2023    Robert Shuford -- Polkville VFD
2024    
Sean Johnson -- Stoney Point VFD
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