Aiming to foster and promote unity and harmony among volunteer fire departments throughout Indiana

President’s Award

President's Award: The current Association President will select an Association member who, in his opinion, has served in an outstanding manner in the past year. This award is a plaque initially presented (1968-1971) honoring the memory of "Paul Becker". William (Bill) & Janet Goodwin sponsored this for many years.

Past Winners

As the Paul Becker Award

1968
Allen Blades
1969
Sam Bower
1970
John Ford
1971
Robert Laney

Re-named the Presidents Award

1972
Carl Davis
1973
Paul Craft
1974
Bob Surber
1975
Bill Engle
1976
Duane Lantz
1977
Jim Bell
1978
Steve Ritter
1979
Cooney Tucker
1980
Bill Rush
1981
Carl Bruns
1982
Ivan Nevil
1983
Carl Bruns
1984
Harold "Gene" Stofer
1985
Carl Davis
1986
Jack Ford
1987
Kirk Morris
1988
William Kinsey
1989
Robert Wilcox
1990
Ivan Nevil
1991
Harold "Gene" Stofer
1992
Tim Downey
1993
Bill Howe
1994
Lawrence Swartz
1995
Mitch Parish
1996
Sue Glant
1997
Richard Glant
1998
Carolyn Zeeks
1999
Dennis Spears
2000
Jack Kerney
2001
Jack Zeeks
2002
Beverly Harker
2003
Linda Baker
2004
Alfred Mendel
2005
John Buckman
2006
Barbara Kerney
2007
Larry Bartlow
2008
Jodi Rohr
2009
Larry Curl
2010
L.E. "Buz" Koehler
2011
Jim Abrams
2012
Peggy Israel
2013
James Parker
2014
Juston Israel, Paul Holcomb
2015
Jerry Liston
2016
Jessie Dove
2017
Heather Holcomb
2018
David Israel
2019
Eric Johnson
2020
2021
Joshua Reisert
2022
Printco Printers, Renssalaer,IN
2023
Larry Curl
2024
L.E. Buz Koehler