NCAFC Award Recipients

2023 Career Fire Chief
of the Year
Jerry Brooks
Clemmons FD

2023 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year
Kenneth Jackson, Jr.
Plain View FD

2023 Career Fire Officer
of the Year
Don Crafford
City of Thomasville F/R

2023 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year
Robert Shuford
Polkville VFD

2022 Career Fire Chief
of the Year
Charles Bowling
City of Thomasville FD

2022 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year
Charles Bryson
Bryson City FD

2022 Career Fire Officer
of the Year
Jimmy Owen
City of Henderson FD

2022 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year
Gary Brock
Beaver Dam VFD

2021 Career Fire Chief
of the Year
William Hunt
Shelby Fire & Rescue

2021 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year
Johnny Joseph
Puppy Creek VFD

2021 Career Fire Officer of the Year
Jenna Daniels
Summerfield FD

2020 Career Fire Chief
of the Year
Martin S. Dailey
City of Thomasville
Fire & Rescue



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
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

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