WTC Fire Safety Directors Memorial Award
In 2011, the 10th Anniversary year of the World Trade Center (WTC) attack, the Association re-dedicated the Fire Safety Directors Award as the WTC Fire Safety Director Memorial Award. This Award is dedicated to the six Fire Safety Directors who made the supreme sacrifice and died in the line of duty on September 11, 2001 by assisting the Fire Department in evacuating the Twin Tower Buildings and surrounding area. The Award is presented to a person who over the years has embodied the ideals of life safety both in the public and private fire protection fields and as an appreciation for his/her significant contribution to the cause of high-rise building fire prevention.
Recipients:
| Year | Name | Organization |
| 2023 | Charles Jennings, Ph.D. | Director, Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response. John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
| 2021 | Nick Gaudiosi | Vice President, Fire & Life Safety -Morgan Stanley/FDNY Captain Ladder 7 (retired) |
| 2019 | Louis Cendagorta | DCAS, Executive Dir/Chief Inspector- FDNY Fire Prevention |
| 2018 | NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| 2017 | Fitzroy Benjamin | Chief Inspector- FDNY Hi- Rise Unit |
| 2016 | Michael Hurley | Fire Safety Director WTC Tower 2 on 9/11/2001 |
| 2015 | Lee Ielpi | President 9/11 Tribute Center/ FDNY Firefighter Rescue 2 (retired) |
| 2014 | Victoria Pitcavage | Director -Fire Science Institute, John Jay College |
| 2013 | Michael J. Regan | Managing Director-JPMorgan Chase-FDNY Former 1st Dep. Fire Commissioner |
| 2012 | Frank Lindsay | Deputy Chief Inspector-FDNY- High Rise Unit |
| 2011 | Gary Lewis | Chairman ICC Ad-Hoc Committee on Terrorism-Resistant Buildings |
| 2008 | Glenn Corbett | Chairman- Dept. of Protection Management Dept., John Jay College |
| 2007 | Patricia J. Lancaster | Commissioner-Department of Buildings, City of New York |
| 2005 | John J. “Jack” Murphy | Adj, Professor-Fire Science Institute, John Jay College |
| 2003 | Joseph C. Razza | Fire Protection Engineer-Rolf Jensen Associates, Inc. |
| 2002 | Graham Raymond | Reporter -Newsday |
| 2001 | Michael J. Nelson | Fire Protection engineer -Rolf Jensen Associates, Inc. |
| 1999 | Jerome M. Hauer | Commissioner -Office of Emergency Management City of New York |
| 1998 | Elmer “Bud” Chapman | Deputy Assistant Chief (Ret.)- FDNY |
| 1997 | Bernard “Tom” Lally | Deputy Assistant Chief -FDNY,Technical Management |
| 1996 | William Manning | Editor -Fire Engineering Magazine |
| 1995 | Penny Crone | Reporter -FOX News Channel 5 |
| 1994 | C.W. “Sandy” Sansevero | Fire Safety Director- Rockefeller Group/FDNY Lt. Ladder 4 (retired) |
| 1993 | Richard Brown | District Attorney -Borough of Queens |
| 1992 | Michael P. Laffy | Fire Safety Director-Prudential Realty Group/FDNY Captain (retired) |
| 1991 | Hon. Curtis Weldon | Congressman-United States Congressional Fire Caucus |
| 1990 | G. Tom Shires, MD | Burn Center Doctor -New York Hospital/Cornell Burn Center |
| 1989 | Richard J. Abbott | Director-John Jay College/Fire Science Institute/FDNY Captain(ret.) |
| 1988 | Dr. Frank Fields | Reporter- WCBS – Channel 2 |
| 1987 | Robert Coughlin | Fire Safety Director-Citibank |
| 1986 | Morti Hirsch | Active Fire Protection Corporation |