Instructor of the Year
C.E. “Buzz” Buzalsky
Golden Achievement Award Recipient
The OFIA Instructor of the Year Award is presented to the fire service instructor deemed to have had the greatest positive impact on Oregon fire service training during the calendar year preceding the annual conference.
The President of OFIA, by January 31 of each year, appoint the OFIA Instructor of the Year Selection Committee. This committee shall consist of two (2) life members and three (3) active OFIA members at large. This five (5) member committee shall have at least two (2) new members each year. Each regional training association, or active OFIA member may submit to the President, on or before March 1, a candidate for the OFIA Instructor of the Year. To nominate someone for instructor of the year use go here and download the nomination form.
Past Recipients
| 2012 | Tom Crowder | Clackamas Fire | |||
| 2011 | Tim McLaren | Crooked River Fire and Rescue | |||
| 2010 | Shawn Morgan | Corvallis Fire Department | |||
| 2009 | Michael Kinkade | Forest Grove Fire and Rescue | |||
| 2008 | Sam Phillips | Hillsboro Fire & Rescue | |||
| 2007 | Jim Whelan | Stanfield Fire Department | |||
| 2006 | Tim Dietz | Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue | |||
| 2005 | John Oliver | Clackamas Co. Fire District #1 | |||
| 2004 | Don Willis | Sun River Fire Department | |||
| 2003 | Gene Fisher | Chemeketa Community College | |||
| 2002 | Era Horton | DPSST | |||
| 2001 | Rod Smith | Lane County Fire District #1 | |||
| 2000 | Emmitt Cornford | La Grande Fire Department | |||
| 1999 | George Jamieson | DPSST | |||
| 1998 | Dan Riblett | Klamath County Fire District No.1 | |||
| 1997 | Mike Warren | Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue | |||
| 1996 | Dale Kamrath | Lane County Fire District No. 1 | |||
| 1995 | Todd Reynolds | Pendleton Fire Department | |||
| 1994 | Randy Wells | Pendleton Fire Department | |||
| 1993 | Bob Cambas | BPSST | |||
| 1992 | Jim Whelan | Stanfield Fire Department |