Distinguished Service Recipient 2006. Ken Carpenter served as a firefighter, captain, director, vice president, president, training officer, assistant chief, and chief of the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department, retiring after 40 years of service in the department, including 21 years as chief. He was a 40-year member of the Nevada State Firefighters Association, participating in… View Article

Distinguished Service recipient 1997 Mr. Conigliaro had a career in the fire service in Nevada that spanned more than thirty years. During this time he was very actively involved in the union and legislative processes. Many of the causes that he lobbied for in the areas of safety, working conditions and medical benefits are in… View Article

Distinguished Service recipient 2008. Alan Kightlinger started his long career as a volunteer with the Douglas County Engine Company in Minden, Nevada, in 1972. He later was hired by the Nevada Division of Forestry and worked for that agency from 1974 to 1997, a period of 23 years, before assuming his employment with the City… View Article

Firefighter George Fay, 50, president of the Minden Fire Department, passed away May 7, 1930. He was one of the firefighting crew called out when an electrical wire had dropped from a building, starting a small fire in the yard. George grabbed a bucket and was in the act of putting out the small fire… View Article