IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor

About the Award

Ben Franklin Valor Award The IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor, sponsored by Motorola Solutions, is the IAFC's most prestigious award. Since 1970, the award has recognized the spirit of service, courage and heroism that is a proud tradition among the world's fire and emergency service. The program is named for one of the first fire chiefs in the United States, Benjamin Franklin. An inventor, statesman and humanitarian, Mr. Franklin was a prime contributor to the wealth of tradition that symbolizes the fire and emergency service worldwide.

Nomination Process

Because of COVID-19, the award was not presented in 2020. All nominations submitted for 2020 are being accepted for consideration in the 2021 cycle. The 2020-2021 nomination period closes April 18, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET. Recipient and regret notifications will be issued in June 2021. The public announcement of the recipient(s) will be made Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The award recipient(s) and their department chief will enjoy VIP treatment during FRI, July 28-31 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The award presentations will take place during the FRI general session, Thursday, July 29. The recipient's chief is also presented with the Benjamin Franklin Departmental Award for Leadership. The nomination must be submitted to the program coordinator via the nomination link on this webpage. The incident must have occurred no earlier than April 1, 2019 to qualify for consideration (2020-2021 cycle).

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Questions? Contact: BenFranklinAward@iafc.org.