Dan Brentari History

Dan Brentari Trophy


Year Awarded Recipient Name Department Host
1971 Wes Copeland Milan Vol. Fire Dept. Cortez, Colorado
1972 N. P.  Parks Durango Fire Dept. Farmington, NM
1973 William E. Smith  Sr. Aztec Vol. Fire Dept. Dolores, CO
1974 Carolos Chavez San Rafael Vol. Fire Dept Durango, Colorado
1975 John C. Weaver Nucla/Naturita Fire Dept. Gallup, NM
1976 Paul Sullivan Flora Vista Vol. Fire Dept. Aztec, NM
1977 Don Griffin Aztec Vol. Fire Dept. Nucla/Naturita, CO
1978 James W. McCabe Mancos Hose Co. #1 Cortez, CO
1979 Don Wimsatt Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Gallup, NM
1980 Pete Chiapetti Jr. Gallup Vol. Fire Dept. Dolores, CO
1981 Robert & Carol Conner Flora Vista Vol. Fire Dept. Flora Vista, NM
1982 Louie Fraverino Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Nucla/Naturita, CO
1983 Jack W. Click Cortez Vol. Fire Dept. Bloomfield, NM
1984 Larry D. Likes Aztec Vol. Fire Dept. Mancos. CO
1985 Rocky Bollan Dolores Vol. Fire Dept. Aztec, NM
1986 Cheryl Wilson Emergency Response Team Nucla/Naturita, CO
1987 Robert & Cindy Hays Grants Vol. Fire Dept. Milan, NM
1988 Bill Smith Jr. Emergency Response Team Gallup, NM
1989 Walter (Dickie) Jarrell Milan Vol. Fire Dept. Flora Vista, NM
1990 Roy Pike, Irene Pike & Thomas Green Hart Valley Vol. Fire Dept. Cortez, CO
1991 Navajo Dam Firefighters Navajo Dam Vol. Fire Dept. Grants, NM
1992 Frank Vandruff Hart Valley Vol. Fire Dept. Nucla/Naturita, CO
1993 Navajo Dam Firefighters Navajo Dam Vol. Fire Dept. Bloomfield, NM
1994 Cortez Firefighters Cortez Vol. Fire Dept. Mancos. CO
1995 Frank Vandruff Hart Valley Vol. Fire Dept. Grants, NM
1996 John Reams Nucla/Naturita Fire Dept. Lewis-Arriola, CO
1997 Richard Starks Jr. Nucla/Naturita Fire Dept. Milan, NM
1998 Joe Valencia Grants Vol. Fire Dept. Flora Vista, NM
1999 Cindy A. Hays Grants Vol. Fire Dept. White Cliffs, NM
2000 Michael E. Zunich Nucla/Naturita Fire Dept. Nucla, CO  Life Members
2001 Tony Herrera Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Grants, NM
2002 Ruben Aranda Grants Fire & Rescue Mancos. CO
2003 Christian Moore Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Norwood, CO
2004 Jake Campos Bluewater Acres Vol. Fire Dept. Gallup, NM
2005 Toby McCoy Cortez Vol. Fire Dept. Grants, NM
2006 Jimmy L. Lucero Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Cortez, CO
2007 Aileen Logan Norwood/Redale Fire Prot. Milan, NM
2008 Larry Bell Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Lewis-Arriola, CO
2009 Corinne Box Towac Fire Dept. Lee Ranch Coal Co./ERT
2010   Bloomfield Vol. Fire Dept, Mancos. CO
2011 Lee Ranch Coal Company ERT Lee Ranch Coal Company ERT Gallup Life Members
2012 Gilbert Gamboa & Lynn Miles Milan Vol. Fire Dept. Dolores, CO
2013 Natasha Spencer-Aspromonte Mancos Hose Co. #1 Grants, NM
2014 Kevin Starks Life Member Association Cortez, CO
2015 Matt Weimer Nucla-Naturita El Segundo ERT, NM
2016 Bluewater Acres Youth Bluewater Acres Vol. Fire Dept. Gallup, NM
2017 Ray Aspromonte Mancos Hose Co. #1 Rico, CO
2018 Jeremy Dennison Lewis Arriola Fire Department Mancos. CO
2019 Thomas Silva Bluewater Acres Vol. Fire Dept. Bluewater Acres
2020 No Convention – Covid 19    
2021 Mancos Fire Protection  Mancos Fire Protection  Lewis-Arriola