Distinguished Service Recipient 1997. Thomas Peasley sever in on of the pioneer fire companies of San Francisco before coming to the Comstock. He organized the state’s first engine company, Virginia Engine Company No. 1, and it’s first ladder company, Nevada Hook and Ladder Company No.1 both in 1861. He helped organize the first fire department… View Article

Distinguished Service Recipient 2006. Les Groth began his career in the fire service as a volunteer firefighter with Warren Engine Company No. 1 – Carson City’s Volunteer Fire Department – working his way up through the chain of command to fire chief. When Carson City established a paid fire department on July 1, 1964, he… View Article

Distinguished Service Recipient 2004. Bill Farr, a former Washoe County commissioner and state senator, went to work for the Sparks Fire Department in 1947 and served as chief from 1951 through 1976. He served as vice chair of the Governor’s Fire Marshal’s Advisory Board as a well as president of the Nevada Fire Chiefs Association,… View Article

Distinguished Service Recipient 1998. Marvin Carr served in fire service in Nevada for more than 40 years as a member of the Yerington Fire Department and the Central Lyon County Fire District from which he retired as chief in 1992. He was appointed state fire marshal in June after serving as executive director of the… View Article