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Firehouse Magazine Rescue Award Winners for 1999

 

Firehouse Magazine honors firefighters from the United States for acts of heroism in its April edition.  Firehouse has done so since 1978.  Candidates for the award are submitted by their fire departments and selected by a board of fire professionals.  Competition is intense.  

Following publication of its April edition, Firehouse sends the records and photographs to the Hall of Flame, where they are housed for permanent referral by Firehouse Magazine staff members. 

Hall of Flame staff members use the records to create displays for the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes.  Winners are recognized on the walls of the gallery.  The photographs and citations are usually more extensive than that 

 which appears in the April edition of Firehouse because the Hall of Heroes does not have the space constraints of the magazine.  

Rescue Award winners for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000  ,2001,  and 2003 are now published on this web site.  Please use it as a supplement to the fine work of Firehouse Magazine. 

We encourage our visitors to examine the web site of Firehouse Magazine.  It is a mine of information for anyone interested in American firefighting.  Visitors to the Firehouse website can make arrangements to subscribe to the  magazine directly from the site.

Its URL is http://www.firehouse.com.  

This directory lists the winners for 1999, in the same order in which they are displayed in the Hall of Heroes.   These firefighters were honored in the April 2000 issue of Firehouse Magazine. For 1997  winners switch to the 1997 Firehouse Magazine Rescue Award Directory.  For 1998 winners switch to the 1998  Firehouse Magazine Rescue Award Directory.  For 2000 winners switch to the 2000 Firehouse Magazine Rescue Award Directory. For 2001 winners click here.  For 2003 winners switch to the 2003 Firehouse Magazine Rescue Award Directory

There are four pages for the 1999 winners. Each firefighter in the Directory has a photo and citation description.  Click on his or her name in the Directory to get to this information.

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Page 1

 

Paul D. Martin Hudson Falls, NY FD Ronald Balchunas Elysburg, PA FD Jeremiah M. Lucey Worcester, MA FD
John J. Pritchard FDNY, Brooklyn, NY George Herrold Elysburg, PA FD Thomas E. Spencer Worcester, MA FD
Matthew P. Moseley Atlanta FD Edward Payeskie Elysburg, PA FD Timothy P. Jackson Worcester, MA FD
Burl Hunt Cedar Rapids, IA FD Richard E. Young Shreveport, LA FD James F. Lyons Worcester, MA FD
Charles Crowley, Jr. Chelsea, Ma FD John Cook Allen Township, OH FD Joseph T. McGuirk Worcester, MA FD
Francis X. Sperl East Hartford, CT FD Elby Bushong Phoenix, AZ FD Duke Arrington Mesa, AZ FD
David Birmingham Seattle FD Paul A. Brotherton Worcester, MA FD Michael Barnard Hampton, CT FD

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Mitchell G. Byrd Bladen County, NC Office of Emergency Services George Ferguson Columbus, OH FD Joseph Johnson Boston, MA FD
James K. Cheatham Boston, MA FD Donna Billingham Columbus, OH FD Joseph LaMacchia St. Louis, MO FD
Walter Clark Port Washington, NY FD Robert Pineda Columbus, OH FD James Polson St. Louis, MO FD
Geoffrey Cole Port Washington, NY FD William Griffin Washington, DC FD Steve Vaughan St. Louis, MO FD
Giuseppi Sicuranza Port Washington, NY FD Sean Egan Washington, DC FD Edward Langdon Island Park, NY FD
John Cocca Rochester, NY FD David H. Hall Columbus, OH FD    
Robert Denning Chelsea, MA FD Donnie W. Hall Chesterfield County, VA FD    
Jacquelin K. Downes Miami-Dade, FL Fire Rescue Scott Hargreaves Evanston, IL FD    

Page 3  

Cliff Melton Kentland, MD FD William C. O'Rand Cortlandville, NY FD Wayne Snow  Mayer, MN FD
John Merlino Boston, MA FD Eftathios Papadopoulos Norwalk, CT FD Wade Stock Watertown, MN FD  
Robert Mullikin Washington, DC FD Robert Pickel Bladensburg, MD FD Matthew D. Salow Walled Lake, MN FD
John W. Windsor Washington, DC FD Charles F. Pollock Baltimore County, MD FD LeRoy S. Sisley  Seattle, WA FD
Shaun Murray Rochester, NY FD Rych Pullen Kentland, MD FD Timothy Wersching St. Charles, MO FD
Barry O'Connor Rochester, NY FD Michael M. Romano Fuller Road, NY FD Richard Yackel Rochester, NY FD
William Valentine Rochester, NY FD Kevin Terry Fuller Road, NY FD

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    Russell Fields Orland, ME FD Chuck Leibold Virginia Beach, VA FD
William Benevelli Boston, MA FD Eugene Patterson Orland, ME FD Mike Lange  Port Ewen, NY FD  
Frank DeFrancisco Columbus, OH FD Anthony Gianantonio Palm Bay, FL FD Allen Stokes Port Ewen, NY FD
    Robert Youhas Palm Bay, FL FD  Jerome May Prince George's County, MD FD
Michael Dorsey Columbus, OH FD Robbie Holland Florence, SC FD Edward Morgan Washington, DC FD
John Helsel  Columbus, OH FD Wayne Joyner  Florence, SC FD Nelson Magleora Windsor Locks, CT FD 
David J. Bognacki San Diego, CA FD Christopher T. Kennett  Fernadina, FL FD  Kenneth Palmer Windsor Locks, CT FD
Kevin Cox San Diego, CA FD David S. Lang Boston, MA FD Herbert Staiger III Windsor Locks, CT FD
John Helsel Columbus, OH FD           Steven Smith Hudson Falls, NY FD Richard Van Wert Schagticoke, Ny FD

 

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