SDEMA Past Award Recipients |
Below is a list of SDEMA Members who've been honored by their peers at the Annual SDEMA banquet held during the September Conference.
As a reminder, if you feel a fellow SDEMA member is deserving in one of the these categories, please complete the appropriate nomination form HERE. If your nomination is for a current board member, submit that personally to another board member by August 15.
Awards were not given in all categories each year.
2022 Layne Stewart Clay County 2021 Erin Hacecky Yankton County 2020 Doug Huntrods Meade County 2019 Fred Wells Nisland-Arpan Vol. Fire & Rescue 2018 Todd Heitkamp National Weather Service 2017 Mike Carter Custer County 2016 Frank Maynard Fall River County 2015 Regan Smith City of Sioux Falls 2014 Rene Larson Lawrence County 2013 Jim Sutton Codington County 2012 Ken Hawki Lawrence County 2011 Harold Timmerman Lincoln County 2010 David Schaefer Hamlin County 2009 Brent Kolstad SD OEM 2008 Brad Stiefvater McCook County 2007 Jason Forrest SD OEM 2006 Kristi Turman SD OEM 2005 Ed & Marcella Busse Danko Federal Signal 2004 Allan Miller Davison County 2003 Todd Struwe Brookings County 2002 Randy Smith SD OEM Reg 4 2000 Mike Carter Custer County 1998 Brad Stiefvater McCook County 1996 Colin Hendry SD OEM 1992 Ron Hughes Lake County 1991 Don Opie War Hawk District 1990 Sandra McKernan Grant County 1987 Charles Claussen Gregory County 1981 Don Herrick Davison County 1980 Robert Chalberg Pennington County
1979 John Heintzman Brown County 1978 Donald Lindstrom 1977 Montie Horn Minnehaha County 1976 Ben Amsden 1975 Doc Mead 1974 Joe Vanderloo Minnehaha County 1973 Norm Wienecke 1972 Illa Cannon Pennington County | 2022 Dave Schaefer Hamlin County 2020 Dustin Willett Pennington County 2019 Paul Scherschligt Yankton County 2018 Alexa White Pennington County 2022 Arlan Gortmaker, Hand County 2019 Tim Cowan, USGS & Mark Rath, State of SD 2018 Tina Titze & Carrie Leidholt, SD OEM |
A number of individuals have been nominated and approved by their peers to receive the Life Member Award. | Beringer, Richard - Bon Homme County Cannon, Illa - Pennington County Christie, Al - SD Fire Marshall Carter, Mike - Custer County Dwyer, Roger - Jerauld County Fischer, Norman - SW District Fall River/Shannon County Gatje, Tam - Hughes County Grant, Kathie - Meade County Hendry, Cole - SD OEM Horn, Monte - Minnehaha County Jensen, Shirley - Potter County Sandy McKernan - Grant County Moeding, Tom - Beadle County | Opie, Don - War Hawk Orem, Margery - EAFB EM Owens, Park - Pennington County Rapp, Arden - SD OEM Robinson, Freddie - Brown County Roseth, Lola - Haakon County Schreiber, Donald - SD OEM Smith, Richard - SD OEM Snyder, Lori - DANR Sutton, Jim - Codington County Thomas, Raymond - Hanson County Treichel, Leland - Edmunds County Ward, Sheryl - Grant County Welch, Tom SD OEM |
There may be some "holes" in our historical data. During the 80's the SDEMA attendance was lower and there may have not been conferences and awards given. If you have information to fill a missing gap or have found an error, please send us a note through the contact form. |