Firehouse Magazine honors firefighters from the United States for acts of heroism in its April edition. Firehouse has done so since 1978. Candidates for the award are submitted by their fire departments and selected by a board of fire professionals.
Competition is intense.
Following publication of its April edition, Firehouse sends the records and photographs to the Hall of Flame, where they are housed for permanent referral by Firehouse Magazine staff members. Hall of Flame staff members use the records to create displays for the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes . Winners are recognized on the walls of the gallery. The photographs and citations are usually more extensive than that which appears in the April edition of Firehouse because the Hall of Heroes does not have the space constraints of the magazine. Rescue Award winners for 1997 and 1998 are now published on this web site.