Hall of Legends, Legacies and Leaders

The concept for the Hall of Legends, Legacies and Leaders (HLLL) was presented to the National Fire Heritage Center board of directors by then vice-president Bill Killen to be the "Hall of Fame" for the fire services in 2009. Following several discussions and a couple of conference calls, the board adopted the concept and established the Hall of Legends, Legacies and Leaders (HLLL). The intent and purpose of the HLLL are to provide individual recognition of significant contributions and distinguished service to the Fire and Emergency Services and Fire Protection disciplines and be known/recognized in the national and or international fire service arena.

The program was initiated in 2010 when the National Fire Heritage Center inducted ten recognized fire and emergency services icons that included Ben Franklin, John Damrell, Patrick Raymond, Charles Holloway, Charles Miles, Sveinn Eiriksson, Frank Brannigan, Peter Ganci, James Page and Howie McClennan.

Nominations will be accepted from June 15, 2021, through August 15, 2021, for the National Fire Heritage Center's Hall of Legends, Legacies and Leaders: Class 2022.

Beginning with the Class of 2022, selection committee members will be selected from current members of the HLLL.

1	Ben Franklin	Founder	Union Fire Company		2010
2	John S. Damrell	Chief Engineer	Boston Fire Department
3	Patrick H. Raymond	Chief Engineer	Cambridge Fire Department
4	Charles T. Holloway	Chief Engineer	Baltimore City Fire Department
5	Charles E. Miles	Chief Engineer	Los Angeles Fire Department
6	Sveinn Eiriksson	Fire Chief	U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland
7	Francis L. "Frank" Brannigan	Chief	U.S. Navy \| National Fire Academy	University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
8	Peter J. Ganci, Jr.	Chief of Department	Fire Department of New York
9	James O. Page, JD	Battalion Chief	Los Angeles County Fire Department
10	William "Howie" McClennan	President Emeritus	International Association of Fire Fighters	Boston Fire Department
11	Hal Bruno, Jr.	Chairman	NFFF		2011
12	Dr. John L. Bryan	Professor Emeritus	University of Maryland
13	Dennis R. Compton	Board Chairman, Fire Chief	NFFF	Mesa Fire Department
14	Orville James Emory	Director, Officer in Charge	Los Angeles Fire Department	U. S. Navy
15	Arthur J. Glatfelter	Insurance Executive	Glatfelter Insurance Group
16	Dr. Harry E. Hickey	Professor	University of Maryland
17	John W. Hoglund	Chief, Educator	Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
18	Ralph J. Scott	Chief Engineer	Los Angeles City Fire Department
19	Jay W. Stevens	Fire Prevention Advocate, Assistant Chief	Portland Fire Department
20	Curt Weldon	Congressman	U.S. House of Representatives
21	Raymond J. "R.J." Douglas	Chief, Professor	Morefield Volunteer Fire Department (WV)	Oklahoma A&M	2012/2013
22	Lloyd Layman	Chief, Director	U.S. Coast Guard	Federal Civil Defense Administration
23	Warren E. Isman	Chief, President	Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services	IAFC
24	Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth	Colonel	11th New York Volunteers
25	Howard Boyd	Fire Marshal	Nashville Fire Department
26	J. Millard Tawes	Governor	Maryland
27	Philip J. DiNenno	Fire Protection Engineer	National Fire Protection Association
28	James C. "Robbie" Robertson	State Fire Marshal	Maryland
29	Alan Brunacini	Fire Chief	Phoenix Fire Department		2014
30	Chet Henry	Commissioner	Harrisburg Fire Department
31	Lawrence Woltz	Fire Chief	Prince George's County (MD) Fire Department
32	David Gratz	Fire Chief	Montgomery County (MD) Department of Fire and Rescue Services
33	Lou Amabili	Director	Delaware State Fire Training
34	John Eversole	Deputy Fire Chief	Chicago Fire Department
35	Percy Bugbee	Chief Executive	National Fire Protection Association
36	Horatio Bond	Chief Engineer	National Fire Protection Association
37	Anthony J. Mullaney	Commissioner	Chicago Fire Department
38	Bill Randleman	Editor	Wingspread III Ad Hoc Group
39	James Braidwood	Chief	London Fire Engine Establishment		2015
40	Keith Royer	Fire Service Educator	Iowa State University
41	Haraldur Stefansson	Fire Chief	U.S. Navy	NATO
42	Ira H. Striejewske	Commissioner	Eggertsville Hose Company
43	Richard P. Sylvia	Fire Chief, Editor	Norton Fire Department (CT)	Fire Engineering Magazine
44	Harold G. Thompson	Fire Service Educator, Superintendent	Georgia Fire Academy
45	R. Brady Williamson	Professor Emeritus	UC Berkeley	MIT
46	Harvey Eisner	Fire Chief, Editor-in-Chief	Tenafly Volunteer Fire Department	Firehouse Magazine	2016
47	James M. Manser	Chief Fire Marshal	U.S. Navy
48	Frederick R. "Bob" Seibel III	Fire Chief	United States Naval Academy
49	Steven Edwards	Director, Chief	Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute	Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department	2017
50	Harold Mace	Head of School, Educator	FST, Fire Protection Publications (FPP)	International Fire Service Training Authority(IFSTA)
51	Jack K. McElfish	Fire Chief	Sandy Springs Fire and Rescue Department
52	Ronny J. Coleman	State Fire Marshal, Chief	California \| Fullerton Fire Department	San Clemente Fire Department	2018
53	William J. Darley	President, CEO, Chairman of the Board	W.S. Darley Co.
54	Dennis Davis	Chief Fire Officer	Cheshire Fire Brigade
55	Tom N. Forster	Fire Chief	Skywalker Ranch Fire Department	Plumas Eureka Fire Department
56	David E. Hedrick	Director Emeritus	Missouri Fire Academy
57	Clarence Jungwirth	Historian, Author, WWII Veteran	Oshkosh Corp
58	Matthew Kelleher	Master Firefighter, Educator	Maryland State Fire Marshal
59	John C. "Jay" Livingston Jr.	Innovator	National Fire Protection Association
60	Mary Marchone	Community Risk Reduction Innovator	National Fire Academy
61	John T. O'Hagan	Commissioner	Fire Department of New York
62	Russell Sanders	Colonel	National Fire Protection Association
63	Dwight Williams	Innovator	Williams Fire & Hazard Control
64	Thomas A. Wright	Fire Chief	U.S. Fire Administration
65	Luther Fincher	Fire Chief	Charlotte Fire Department (NC)		2019
66	Theodore Jarboe	Fire Chief	Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service
67	Gregory Noll	Educator	National Fire Academy
68	Robert Quinn	Commissioner	Chicago Fire Department
69	Julian Taliaferro	Fire Chief	Charlottesville Fire Department (VA)
70	David White	Fire Officer, Publisher	Industrial Fire World
71	Dr. Harry Carter	Fire Chief, Author, Educator	Newark Fire Department	Adelphia Fire Company	2020
72	James "JD" Dalton	Fire Officer, Author, Fire Sprinkler Advocate	National Fire Sprinkler Association
73	Dr. Christopher M. Frasier	Fire Chief	International F&ES Authority
74	Paul F. Hannemann	Emergency Management Coordinator	Texas A&M Forest Service
75	Joseph Mark Starnes	Fire Chief	Kill The Flashover	Oak Grove Volunteer Fire and Rescue
76	Lee R. Starrick, Sr.	Historian	Kennedy Space Center Fire Department
77	Anthony C. Apfelbeck	Director, Building and Fire Safety Department	City of Altamonte Springs		2021
78	Donald P. Bliss	Vice President, International Division and Regional Field Operations	National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
79	Ricky N. Brockman	Deputy Director	Navy Fire and Emergency Services
80	David Casey	Director	Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute
81	Dr. Burton Clark	Assistance Chief, Educator	Laurel, Maryland	Washington DC Fire Department
82	Jim Crawford	Chief Fire Marshal	Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA
83	I. David Daniels	Chief Safety Officer/Deputy Fire Chief	City of Richmond, Virginia	Seattle Fire Department
84	Larry Davis	Author, Instructor	ISFSI
85	Dr. Paul O. Davis	President, On Target Challenge, Inc.	Firefighter Combat Challenge	First Responder Institute (FRI)
86	M. H. "Jim" Estepp	Fire Chief	Prince George's County Fire Department
87	Michael Hildebrand	Vice President and Chief Technology Officer	Emergency Management Solutions	Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation
88	Carl G. Holmes	Assistant Chief	Oklahoma City Fire Department	Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute (EDI)
89	Rhoda Mae Kerr	Fire Chief	City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue	Austin Fire Department
90	John Leahy	Fire Chief	Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue	Pittsburgh Fire Department
91	Garrett A. Morgan	Inventor, Community Leader and Businessman	First Modern Gas Mask (Smoke Hood)
92	Don Oliver	Fire Chief	Wilson Fire/Rescue Service	Thornton Fire Department
93	Ernst R. Piercy	Fire Chief	Air Force Academy	Regional Fire Chief, Navy F&ES
94	Charles Rule	Fire Chief	Manteca Fire Department
95	Bruce Varner	Fire Chief	Santa Rosa Fire Department	Carrollton Fire Department, Phoenix Fire Department
96	Charles Werner	Fire Chief	Charlottesville Fire Department	DRONERESPONDERS
97	Warren Whitley	Assistant Chief	Prince William County (VA) Department of Fire & Rescue	Southport (NC) Fire Department, Kill the Flashover
98	Robert C. Andrews, Jr.	Fire Chief			2022
99	Meri-K Appy			NFPA, IAFC, U.S. Fire Administration, CFSI
100	Stephen P. Austin		Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder	Emergency Responder Safety Institute,, IFSTA, NFFF, CFSI
101	Robert J. Brady, Sr.	Author, Editor, Publisher	Robert J. Brady Company (Founder)
102	Randy R. Bruegman	Fire Chief	Anaheim (CA) Fire Department	Fresno (CA) Fire Department, IAFC, CPSE
103	Kelvin J. Cochran	Fire Chief	Shreveport (LA) Fire Department	Atlanta (GA) Fire Department, U.S. Fire Administrator
104	Harry E. Diezel	Fire Chief	Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department	Fairfax County Fire and Rescue (VA) Department
105	William D. Killen	Fire Chief	Holston Army Ammunition Plant	Apollo Astronaut Rescue Team, IAFC, CPSE, NFHC, U.S. Navy Fire & Emergency Services
106	Roger A. McGary	Fire Chief	Silver Spring Volunteer (MD) Fire Department	ISFSI, FDIC, NFA,
107	Patricia T. Mieszala, RN	Registered Nurse, Fire and Life Safety Educator	Youth Firesetting Behavior	U.S. Fire Administration, NFPA, Vision 20/20 Project
108	Donald B. Moltrup	Fire Chief	Hyattsville (MD) Volunteer Fire Department
109	Pamela A. Powell	Writer, Editor, Managing Editor, Fire and Life Safety Educator	National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research	NFPA, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, IFSTA, NFHC
110	Ronald J. Siarnicki	Fire Chief, Executive Director	Monessen (PA) Volunteer Fire Department	Prince George's (MD) Fire Department, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE)