NCAFC Award Recipients
2024 Career Fire Chief
of the Year
Michael Hill
Fayetteville FD
2024 Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year
Steven McLendon
Wesley Chapel VFD
2024 Career Fire Officer
of the Year
Josh Connell
Tryon FD
2024 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year
Sean Johnson
Stoney Point VFD
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
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