EDITORIAL or COLUMN

FIRST PLACE: “In firefighters we trust, but what about our chief ”

 “Trust is a powerful word in the fire fighter service. Once the trust is lost, confidence is lost. You can no longer function as an effective team. Why can’t we as firefighters, our nation’s first responder to any disaster, have the same trust in our elected leaders and administrators.”

Houston Chronicle
Story by: Robert G. Parry
Submitted by: Houston, TX Local 341

SECOND PLACE: "An ordinary, yet extraordinary day"
Star Tribune 
Story by: Jeremy Norton
Submitted by: Minneapolis, MN Local 82 

HONORABLE MENTION:

“With every breath”
The Telegram
Story by: Russell Wangersky 
Submitted by: St. John’s, NF Canada Local 1075