Cheshire Firefighter Of The Year Announced
CHESHIRE, CT — Cheshire Fire Lt. Matthew Schmidt has been selected as the department’s William Grove Firefighter of the Year for 2024, officials announced Thursday.This is the 48th year of the prestigious award, which is given out by the Cheshire Rotary.The Grove Award is named in honor of William “Willie” Grove II, the only Cheshire firefighter who died in the line of duty.“Willie was an active member of the Department and the Grove family was a significant presence in the Cheshire Fire Department,” officials wrote in a post on the Cheshire Fire Department’s Facebook page. “Willie was known for his dedication, integrity, being a good firefighter, a friend at the fire house or if you needed a hand at home. “The first recipient, deceased Life Member Bill Dunn, received the Grove award in 1976 and the Rotary Club in partnership with the Cheshire Fire Department have since maintained this long-standing relationship because of the traditional and sentimental value that is associated with the award.”The full list of Grove Award recipients is below:1976 Bill Dunn1977 Ernie Hallbach1978 Moe Rosello1979 Ed Gaudio1980 Andrew Malloy1981 Douglas French1982 John Bates1983 Louis Hotchkiss1984 Wilbur Verner1985 Pat Rubbo1986 Peter Gode1987 Charles DeLavernge1988 Tim Pelton1989 Matt McCarthy1990 Chris Bowman1991 Mike Roke1992 Steve Williams1993 Tom Trevethan1994 Mark Adkins1995 Donn Youngquist1996 James Doherty1997 Jedd Spero1998 William Herzman1999 Jack Casner2000 Carl Behrmann2001 Mike Kozlowski2002 Rich Pruitt2003 Jay Hershman Esq.2004 Craig Henderson2005 Bob Shalagan2006 Jeff Boland2007 Jon Graziosa2008 Rick Trocchi2009 Doug Yocher2010 Jeff Tellmann2011 Nicholas Kehoss2012 George Donnarumma2013 Daniel Ford2014 Award not Presented2015 Owen Fowler2016 Kevin Brumlevee2017 Brian Owen2018 Dennis Pechmann2019 Chris Corso2020 Not presented due to COVID2021 Bryan Keene 2022 Griffin Stover 2023 James Schlauder2024 Matthew SchmidtThe article Cheshire Firefighter Of The Year Announced appeared first on Cheshire, CT Patch.
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