Our History
Firefighter of the Year Award
The Firefighter of the Year Award is presented to a member of North Lenoir Fire & Rescue who has served this department and our community above and beyond normal expectations during the course of the year. This award is chosen each year by secret ballot.
| George Smith, Jr. 1968 | Emmitt Lassiter 1969 | Robert Rouse, Jr. 1970 |
| J. B. Dawson 1971 | Dee Barrow 1972 | George Everett 1973 |
| Ronnie Neal 1974 | Charles Sutton, Jr. 1975 | Ned Stroud 1976 |
| Russell Deats 1977 | David Heath 1978 | Joe Gates 1979 |
| Aaron Wade 1980 | Danny Smith, Sr. 1981 | Jimmy Hill 1982 |
| Lynn Everett 1983 | Jo Jo Barrow 1984 | George Smith, III 1985 |
| Frank Brinson 1986 | Joe Hairr 1987 | Billy Sasser 1987 |
| Ricky Lanier 1988 | Wayne Heath 1989 | Randy Moore 1990 |
| Lynwood Everett 1991 | Keith Barrow 1992 | Gray Wiley 1993 |
| Marvin Hardison 1994 | Lynn Hill 1995 | Mack Price 1996 |
| Deral Raynor 1997 | Joe Gates, Jr. 1998 | Clay Dunn 1999 |
| Mack Price 2000 | Brian Wade 2001 | Brian Wade 2002 |
| Greg Arnette 2003 | Rob Barker 2004 | Lynn Wiley 2005 |
| Justin Tart 2006 | Tyler Moore 2007 | Brian Wade 2008 |
| Lynn Wiley 2008 | Tyler Moore 2009 | Rob Barker 2010 |
| Mike Langley 2011 | Brice Turner 2012 | Steven Miller 2013 |
| Logan O’Neal 2014 | Brandon Ward 2015 | Mike Muskus 2016 |
| Steven Parina 2017 | Kristin McKinley 2018 | Gray Wiley 2019 |
| Tyler Moore 2020 | Clay Dunn 2021 | Danny Smith, Sr. 2022 |