1995
Anthony Barbara, MD
Burn Unit Department Chairman
Hackensack University Medical Center
1996
William A. Manning, Editor
Fire Engineering Magazine
1997
J. Fletcher Creamer
CEO / Founder of the Bergen 200 Club
J. Fletcher Creamer & Associates
1998
John Lewis, Firefighter
Cliffside Park Fire Department
1999
Edward Cohn Ex-Chief
Ramsey Fire Department
Founder of the National Volunteer
Recruitment and Retention Program
2004
Frank Del Vecchio
Bergen County Director of Public Safety
2005
Thomas E. Franklin, Photo-Journalist
The Bergen Record
“American Flag Raising”
World Trade Center
September 11, 2001
2006
John R. Rinaldi, Past President
Bergen 200 Club
2007
Hon. William (Bill) J. Pascrell, Jr.
New Jersey Eighth Congressional District
2008
Paul P. Guarino
Colonial Inn, Norwood
Salvatore M. Gallo
Deputy Chief
Colonial Inn, Norwood
Robert D. Sullivan
Battalion Chief
Colonial Inn, Norwood
2010
Michael Duffy
Palisades Park Firefighter
And Circle Liner Port Captain
‘Miracle on the Hudson River Rescue”
2012
Brian Higgins
Bergen County Director of Public Safety