The Connecticut State Firefighters Association, Hall of Fame Award is to recognize present and former members of an organized Fire Department that have served both their Fire Department, County and/or State-wide Fire Service Organizations above and beyond normal expectations, over an extended period of time. Inductees shall have demonstrated both leadership and motivation, for the betterment of the Fire Service, throughout Connecticut and the United States. These persons shall have contributed, in a positive way, to the enrichment of the
organizations that they represented.

Nomination Forms are encouraged and are available here. Nominations can be submitted at any time. Traditionally, there is a cutoff date, during the month of November. Nominations are then reviewed and those selected, for induction, are notified during the following January. The annual induction dinner/ceremony is traditionally held the following April. The submitted nomination packet describes the nominee’s positions, deeds, accomplishments, awards of distinction, lengths of service and other pertinent information – including, but not limited to other worthwhile community services and recognitions.

Not only is the goal of this award to recognize those leaders, as outlined above, but also to encourage young people to join the Fire Service, both career and volunteer, and to continue to provide leadership and experience, throughout their Firefighting years. Also, to serve as a means of educating and informing the public about the important and indispensable service and protection that the Fire Service provides for the citizens of our communities, state and nation.

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Class of 2024

Gary S. Allyn – West Hartford

James Gies – Oxford, Newtown, Wilton, Naugatuck

David G. Heiney, Sr. – Old Saybrook (Deceased)

Kenneth J. Jeffery – Sub Base, Windsor Locks (Deceased)

T. William McAllister – Danbury, Bethel, Woodbury, Newtown, Waterbury, State of CT

Brian Rykowski – East Hartford

William Seward, III – North Branford, New Haven

Leslie L. Shull – Baltic, Niantic, Sub Base

Keith B. Victor – Hartford

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Class of 2023

Harry Ackley – Fairfield (Deceased)

Robert Anthony – Hamden

Norman A. Bernier – West Thompson/Putnam

Dennis R. Cassia – Monroe/Stratford

Joseph F. Farr – New Britain (Deceased)

James Gavell – Bantam

Joseph Kingston – Ansonia

Lloyd Niles – Windham

William Perez – East Hartford/UCONN

Bruce E. Sweeney – West Haven

Roger D. Sylvestre – Manshantucket/Waterford

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Class of 2022

John Carew – West Haven

Charles M. Coakley – Danbury

Robert F. Duval – Wauregan

William Eyberse – Yantic

Donald E. Griffin – Hebron (deceased)

William J. Hackett – Branford

Ralph A. Humphrey – Morris (deceased)

Robert E. Massicotte – Waterbury

Alan Olenick – Lebanon

Mark Sekorski – Terryville

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Class of 2021

Raymond Barber – Bozrah Fire Department

James DiPace – Avon Fire Department

Vincent Landisio – New Haven, North Haven, West Haven Fire Departments

Robert Marquis – Hampton Fire Department

Edward Urbansky – Glastonbury Fire Department

Richard Winn – Litchfield Fire Department

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Class of 2020

Sanford W. Anderson – Norwalk Fire Department

William Davin – Monroe Fire Department

John B. Field, Jr. – Torrington Fire Department

Joseph Iacuone – Derby Fire Department

Charles C. Judd, Jr. – Watertown Fire Department

William F. Kelly, Jr. – West Shore (West Haven) Fire Department

Mark D. Lewandowski – Kensington (Berlin) Fire Department

Peter F. Mullen – Branford Fire Department

Edward N. Richards – Enfield Fire Department

James P. Trzaski – Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, South District Fire Departments

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Class of 2019

Joseph C. Armstrong – Andover/Columbia Fire Department

William DeFord – Connecticut Fire Academy

Louis DeMici – Danbury Fire Department/UPFFA

James M. Eastwood – Fairfield Fire Department

Marquam R. Johnson – Barkhamsted Fire District

Daniel Keogh – Poquonnock Bridge/Mashantucket Fire Department

James C. Koser – Litchfield Fire Company

John Brett McAllister – Waterbury/Colebrook Fire Department

Denis McCarthy – Fairfield Fire Department

John Oates – East Hartford Fire Department

John Sullivan – Naugatuck Fire Department

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Class of 2018

Thomas Bartram – Sharon

Wayne J. Bindas – Hartford, Lost Acres & East Granby

Edward F. Flynn, Jr. – New Haven

Michael Gergler – Eagleville/Mansfield

Thurston “Doc” Howard – Waterford

Richard Palmer – Eagleville/Mansfield

Theodore “Ted” Smith – Beacon Falls

Timothy S. Wall – Wallingford

Richard E. Whitehouse – Ashford

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Class of 2017

William Abbott – Hartford

Edward B. Amatrudo – Poquonnock Bridge, Noank, Westbrook, Nichols,  Branford & North Branford

Wayne Fletcher – Ashford

Charles Flynn – Wethersfield & Suffield

Burt Hale – Westfield/Middletown

Kevin Kowalski – Simsbury

James O’Neil – Thomaston

George H. Quinn – Bethany

Clarence Rees – Bethel

David A. Sanford – West Redding, Danbury, Wilton & Westport

Robert G. Sawyer, III – North Stonington

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Class of 2016

Fred Dudek, Jr. – Killingworth

Laurence Ford – Redding

James E. Kiley – Newington

Ronald L. Littell, Sr. – Tolland

Kevin R. McKeon – West Shore/West Haven

Jon Menti – Bethel

Jeffrey J. Morrissette – Wethersfield

John E. Obier, Jr. – North Haven

Gary M. Parker – Derby

Charles Perotti – North Canaan

Kenneth W. Richards, Jr. – Mystic

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Class of 2015

Larry Black – Watertown

Ralph Black, Jr. – New Haven

Cathleen Connor Goetz – Haddam

Rev. Edward Goetz – Haddam

Frank “Fritz” Hilbert – Mystic

John Keenan – Long Ridge/Stamford

Maurice McCarthy, Sr. – Waterbury

John Platt, Jr. – Montville

Wayne Sandford – East Haven

Richard Symonds, Jr. – Tolland

George H. Thompson – Willimantic

John Walsh – Hartford/Willimantic

Robert White – Westfield/Middletown

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Class of 2014

David Dagon – Mansfield

John Gaspar – Naugatuck

Christopher Guari – Brooklyn

Charles N. Harrington – Simsbury

George N. Koser – Litchfield

Richard H. Nicol – Middlebury

Salvatore Pitruzzello – Portland

Paul Rapanault – West Haven

Charles M. Stankye, III – Derby

Ronald Stolz – Yantic

Donald H. Swanson, Sr. – Cromwell

James P. Wilkinson – Milford

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Class of 2013

Lewis R. Clark – Morris

Charles H. Davin – Monroe

Clyde Finger – Bethel

Michael Grant – New Haven

Robert J. Guthrie – West Haven

Alan R. Hawkins – Storrs/Mansfield

Charles McInerney – Westfield/Middletown

Paul M. Metsack – Ashford

Scott Potter – Thomaston

John Reardon – New Haven

Ronald J. Samul – New London

James G. Wino – Waterford

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Class of 2012

Clifford Brammer – Thomaston

Walter Brocar – New Haven

O’Neil S. Burrows – Watertown

Robert J. Chatfield – Prospect

William Coffey – Danbury

Donald Lewis – West Haven

John Moehring – Stamford

Thomas Murphy – Southington

Gerald Schaffer – Eagleville/Mansfield

William Schietinger – Bridgeport

George Thompson, Jr. – Eagleville/Mansfield

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Class of 2011

Peter Beckwith – Manchester

Ernest Bunnell – Northfield/Litchfield

Robert Cady – Lebanon

Peter Carozza – Waterbury

James Doherty – Cheshire

Charles Freimuth – Terryville

James Grote – Chester

William Halstead – Sandy Hook/Newtown

Adrian “Andy” Ouellette – Broad Brook

Peter Phelan – Milford

Raymond Shea – West Hartford

Charles Stankye, Jr. – Derby

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Class of 2010

Rev. Thomas Berberich – Kent

Allan Bowkett – Thomaston

Edward J. Cotter, Jr. – Derby

Andrew J. Flanagan – New Haven

James R. Guthrie – West Haven

Chester H. Haber, Sr. – Berlin

Edward F. Haber – Berlin

Lawrence P. Hurlbut – Winchester

Walter “Corky” O’Connor – New Britain

Howard G. Reynolds – Eagleville

Theodore H. Schroll – Wethersfield

John Shanaghan – East Haddam

Leno “Hank” Vescovi – Groton/Submarine Base

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Class of 2009 (Inaugural Class)

Joseph B. Carrier – Norwich

Henry J. Eaton – Hartford

Charles A. Gerdenier – Bridgeport

Raymond Gergler – Eagleville/Mansfield

A.C. Hendrick – New Haven

Ernest N. Herrick – Eagleville/Mansfield

Clinton Hughes – Wethersfield

Isaac B. Hyatt – Meriden

William S. Johnson – West Haven

John S. Jones – Westport

Avery W. Lamphier – Watertown

John J. McAuliffe, Jr. – Wethersfield

Robert “Red” McKeon – Occum/Norwich

Samuel C. Snagg – Waterbury

H.P. Stevens – Danbury

Richard P. Sylvia – Darien

W.B. Thomas – New London

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