Award Purpose
Recognition of fire prevention efforts by an individual.
Award Administration
MSFA Fire Prevention Committee and the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal
Award Purpose
Recognition of fire prevention efforts by an individual.
Award Administration
MSFA Fire Prevention Committee and the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal
Description
The Silver Spring Trophy was established in 1981 by the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department and accepted by the MSFA Executive Committee. This award is presented each year at the Annual MSFA Convention to an individual who does the most in fire prevention for his/her community. The award is for an individual effort and, therefore, submission of the entry must be for one individual rather than a group or department effort. The intent of the award is to recognize fire prevention activities which the individual performs within his/her community. The trophy is held by the individual for one year and then passed on in subsequent years. The winner will receive an individual plaque for permanent possession.
Submission Deadline: April 30
Award Rules
1. The recipient must be a volunteer firefighter.
2. The individual must be nominated by the fire department / company.
3. The fire prevention work shall have been done by the firefighter acting in the capacity of a volunteer.
4. The nomination must be in the form of a resume indicating complete detailed information on the work done by the nominee. Photographs and newspaper clippings must be dated and the sources noted.
5. The nomination and related information must be in the hands of the State Fire Marshal’s Office No Later Than April 30th.
6. Nominees are subject to investigation by the judges.
7. Dates of the fire prevention activities should cover the previous calendar year (January – December).
8. Judges shall be appointed by the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, in accordance with the MSFA Fire Prevention Committee’s procedures.
9. The decision of the judges shall be final.
10. Nominations must include the nominees name, title, fire department name, and other pertinent information.
11. Nominations shall be submitted to:
MSFA Annual Fire Prevention Contest
The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal
1201 Reisterstown Road
Pikesville, MD 21208
Year | Recipient | Department | County |
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2022 | Scot Best | Ridge VFD | St. Mary’s |
2020 | Ashley Elizabeth Paulson | Hampstead | Carroll |
2019 | Cynthia Wright-Johnson | MIEMSS EMS for Children | - |
2018 | Thomas H. Swann | La Plata | Charles |
2017 | Melvin Tennyson | Bay District | St. Mary's |
2016 | Elyssa Cool | Frederick County Fire and Rescue Association | Frederick |
2015 | Debbie Gartrell | Winfield Community | Carroll |
2014 | Robert "RJ" Grace | Community Fire Co. of Rising Sun | Cecil |
2013 | Christopher Ayers | Middletown | Frederick |
2012 | Debbie Gartrell | Winfield Community | Carroll |
2011 | Debbie Gartrell | Winfield Community | Carroll |
2010 | Melissa Gould | Bay District | St. Mary's |
2009 | Jeff Williams | Indian Head | Charles |
2008 | Christine Flanagan | Sykesville Freedom District | Carroll |
2007 | Lauren Johnson | Bay District | St. Mary's |
2006 | Jeffery Williams | Indian Head | Charles |
2005 | Jeffery Williams | Indian Head | Charles |
2004 | Gartrell-Kemp | Winfield Community | Carroll |
2003 | Diane May | Luke | Allegany |
2002 | James Jarboe | Takoma Park | Montgomery |
2001 | Harold Younger | Mechanicsville | St. Mary's |
2000 | Jeffery Williams | Indian Head | Charles |
1999 | Bridget Timberman | Gamber | Carroll |
1998 | Joseph Wayne Hardesty | Prince Frederick | Calvert |
1997 | Joseph Wayne Hardesty | Prince Frederick | Calvert |
1996 | Denise Hampton | Bay District | St. Mary's |
1995 | Eugene Mellon | Mt. Airy | Carroll |
1994 | Brian Boyd | Indian Head | Charles |
1993 | Rhonda Polk | Level | Harford |
1992 | Brian Boyd | Indian Head | Charles |
1991 | Cindy Tarouini | Level | Harford |
1990 | Charlotte A. Mandrafos | Baden | Prince George's |
1989 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Jr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1988 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Jr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1987 | Donald C. Brightwell | Mt. Airy | Carroll |
1986 | Judith White | Guardian Hose | Frederick |
1985 | Faye Reider | Perryville | Cecil |
1984 | C. Daniel Davis, Jr., P.P. | Hollywood | St. Mary's |
1983 | Not Awarded | ||
1982 | Not Awarded | ||
1981 | Robert Twilly | Delmar | Wicomico |
1980 | Frank P. March | English Consul | Baltimore |
1979 | Edward T. Clopper | Funkstown | Washington |
1978 | Gary Zour | Providence | Baltimore |
1977 | R. Alan Ryna, Jr. | Perryville | Cecil |
1976 | Roger Mattingly | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1975 | Burton A. Clark | Laurel | Prince George's |
1974 | Ralph N. Dull | Manchester | Carroll |
1973 | Paul W. Piker | North Point-Edgemere | Baltimore |
1972 | Paul W. Piker | North Point-Edgemere | Baltimore |
1971 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Sr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1970 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Sr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1969 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Sr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1968 | Thomas A. Mattingly, Sr. | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1967 | Orville G. Faulker, Jr. | Lansdowne | Baltimore |
1966 | Joseph G. Wenrich | Greenbelt | Prince George's |
1965 | Robert A. Smith | West Lanham Hills | Prince George's |
1964 | Charles Forwood | Bowley's Quarters | Baltimore |
1963 | J. Clinton Duke | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1962 | John Mowatt, Jr. | Bladensburg | Prince George's |
1961 | J. Clinton Duke | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1960 | J. Clinton Duke | Leonardtown | St. Mary's |
1959 | Alvin R. Adkins | Delmar | Wicomico |
1958 | Edgar Young | La Vale | Allegany |
1957 | Vincent Napoli | Gaithersburg-Washington Grove | Montgomery |