InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Fire & Rescue Department Title

Firefighter of the Month Click here to see the firefighter's of the month Firefighter of the Month is an award granted to an individual that has been nominated by another LFR employee for their dedication to LFR and community. This shall be awarded by a letter and their picture will be on the honor roll web site for that month.

Line of Duty Deaths From its earliest beginnings members of the department have given their lives in unselfish acts of courage. Each day a firefighter goes to work, they recognize that they may be called upon to respond to situations that place them in harms way, and that their lives are at risk. This risk does not deter them from doing their job, and some pay the ultimate price. Let no one forget these members of the department who have answered their last alarm.
Clarence Protsman May 25, 1890	Joseph Thornburg May 25, 1890	John Curran June 26, 1906	Mansfield Rohrbaugh August 7, 1915
Neil Sommer October 2, 1920	Albert Mook February 18, 1941	Kenneth McKay March 30, 1964	Harley Grasmick April 1, 1981
Robert Gardner July 4, 1982	Willis Leyden October 9, 1987	Jack Bruns June 3, 2001	Floyd Miller August 8, 2002
Rick Cuba March 13, 2003

Award Recognition Program Lincoln Fire & Rescue is proud of its employees and recognizes the efforts that they make that are above and beyond the call of duty through the award recognition program. This program provides an assortment of awards that can be presented to outstanding individuals.

Medal of Valor An award granted to any uniformed member of the department for an act of outstanding bravery or heroism by which the member has demonstrated, in great degree, the characteristics of selflessness and personal courage above and beyond the call of duty under adverse conditions with the possibility of extreme personal risk. This act must have taken place while the firefighter was on duty. It will be presented in the form of a gold medal, certificate and ribbon bar. Recipients of the Medal of Valor:

Date	Name(s)	Incident
January 1996	Shawn Podraza Greg Contreras	House Fire
April 1996	Larry Nelson	Trench Rescue
February 1997	Randy Bohaty Carolyn Magor	House Fire
October 1997	Byron Yung Todd Allen	House Fire
November 1998	Mike Mayfield Scott Wiebe	House Fire
May 2002	Rick Klein Ron Kennett Mike Wright Bob Borer Guy Jones Jeremy Hosek	Bassett Tower Rescue/Recovery, Bassett, NE
March 2003	Lee Peterson	Van/tree rescue
March 2003	Scott Nydahl Mark Eberspacher Dennis Borchers Jesse Theiler	Apartment Fire
February 2004	Rodney Ford Kevin Searle	House Fire
November 6, 2004	Ron Trouba Jr Mike Selvage Scott Pierson Koren Erickson Pete Eppens Alan Crist Carl Campbell Leo Benes Dan Duncan	House Fire
May 9, 2005	Dan Duncan Mark Sullivan	House Fire
November 17, 2006	Mike Mayfield Matthew Dowell Jeff Draper Joe Millard John Schmidt Andrew Garivay Mike Novak Dennis Miller Terry Bouma Ken Gaughran Nancy Engelbrechet John Christen Ron Carlson Aaron Pospisil Mark Rist Steve Dolezal Dave Backhus Jaimie Domeier Annette Woehrer Dennis Clark Steve Novak Alan Crist Ron Trouba Gregg Fisher Mark Kargol John Massie Jay Oligmueller	Wesleyan Fraternity Fire
December 14, 2006	Jeff Leaf Brad Thavenet Steve Saathoff Roger Bonin Todd Dondlinger Dan Krause Arnold Jensen John Bills Tony Chapp Jerry Smith George Gasper Mark Sullivan Ken Bothwell Jeremy Gegg Damon Wirth	Apartment Fire

Award of Merit
An award granted to any employee of the department, based on performance, assigned duties, contributions, and achievements, those duties being carried out in an outstanding manner, beyond normal department standards. These acts must have taken place while the personnel was on duty. It will be presented in the form of a pewter medal, certificate and ribbon bar.

Life Saving Award
An award granted to any member, on or off duty, who saves a life by exercising sound judgment and direct action, performed under conditions requiring bravery or exposure to danger or by performance above and beyond the normal call of duty. This shall be presented in the form of a certificate and ribbon bar.

Unit Service Award
An award granted to each individual who performed with a unit which exhibited exceptional professional skill and conduct during a coordinated action. It will be presented in the form of a certificate to each individual, and a plaque for the fire station.

Phoenix Award
An award presented to each member of a crew involving an EMS call that resulted in a life saved. A save will be verified by EMS Inc. staff.

Firefighter of the Year
An award granted to an individual that represents LFR in a professional manner, has a positive attitude, is involved in community service, and understands and accepts the responsibility for accomplishments of the Lincoln Fire & Rescue Mission. This will be presented in the form of a plaque.

Firefighter of the Month
An award granted to an individual that has been nominated by another LFR employee for their dedication to LFR and community. This shall be awarded by a letter and their picture will be on the honor roll web site for that month.

Mayors Award of Excellence
Each month the firefighter that receives the award for that month may have their name submitted to the Mayors office to be nominated for the Mayors Award of Excellence. All LFR personnel are encouraged to submit the name of an LFR employee to the Mayor's committee, that they think is deserving of this award.

Citizens Certificate of Merit
Given to the citizens who have unselfishly rendered their services in an emergency.

Outstanding Service Award
An award granted to any member of the department for outstanding performance, contributions above normal fire department duties and extraordinary dedication to Lincoln Fire & Rescue. This award will be presented in the form of a certificate.

Outside Agency Award
In the event that an outside agency would like to present an award to a firefighter, the award committee shall choose one firefighter from the list of firefighters who have received the firefighter of the month award for that year. This name shall be submitted to the outside agency.

Annual Awards Ceremony
Each year Lincoln Fire & Rescue holds an Award Ceremony for the previous year. This ceremony awards Fire Department employee's and citizens in the community.


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