Greater St. Louis County Fire Academy, Inc.
Recruit Classes / Honorees
Each recruit class is dedicted to an individual, group of people, or organization that has had
an impact on the fire service.  

Below is a list of our recruit classes and who each class was dedicated to.
1st
 Jan. 14, 1980 - Mar. 21, 1980
 Captain R.F. Trog, Jr.
2nd
 Sept. 15, 1980 - Nov. 20, 1980
 Chief T.B. Lyons
3rd
 May 1981 - Jul. 16, 1981
 Father Jakle
4th
 Feb. 1, 1982 - Apr. 16, 1982
 Chief Bud Wiel
5th
 Sept. 13, 1982 - Nov. 19, 1982
 Private J. Ritter, Jr.
6th
 Apr. 4, 1983 - May 27, 1983
 Chief Joseph Baker
7th
 Sept. 26, 1983 - Nov. 18, 1983
 Captain Walter Schaab
8th
 Sept. 10, 1984 - Nov. 1, 1984
 Chief Dick Paul
9th
 Mar. 4, 1985 - May 3, 1985
 Asst. Chief Robert Palmer
10th
 Sept. 9, 1985 - Nov. 20, 1985
 Chief Frank Rucker
11th
 Mar. 3, 1986 - May 13, 1986
 Chief Murlian E. Hagain
12th
 Sept. 8, 1986 - Nov. 19, 1986
 Fire Insp. Robert R. Bongner
13th
 Mar. 2, 1987 - May 12, 1987
 Firefighter Edmond J. Mossotti
14th
 Sept. 8, 1987 - Nov. 13, 1987
 Captain Ralph E. Ashner
15th
 Feb. 8, 1988 - Apr. 15, 1988
 Clarence "Mike" Zeilmann
16th
 May 9, 1988 - July 19, 1988
 Roger Morris
17th
 Sept. 6, 1988 - Nov. 10, 1988
 William Booth
18th
 Feb. 13, 1989 - Apr. 14, 1989
 Captain Dennis Bible
(Ladue FD)
19th
 May 22, 1989 - Jul. 21, 1989
 Kansas City Fire Department
20th
 Aug. 21, 1989 - Oct. 20, 1989
 Elvi Fava
21st
 Feb. 12, 1990 - Apr. 16, 1990
 Dep. Chief James Bell
(Florissant FPD)
22nd
 Jun. 4, 1990 - Aug. 3, 1990
 James Roberts
23rd
 Sept. 10, 1990 - Nov. 9, 1990
 Wildie Webster (Fenton FPD)
24th
 Feb. 11, 1991 - Apr. 12, 1991
 Chief George Manetzke
(Eureka FPD)
25th
 Jun. 10, 1991 - Aug. 9, 1991
 Capt. Robert Brehm
(Shrewsbury FD)
26th
 Sept. 9, 1991 - Nov. 8, 1991
 Ron & Sally Olshwanger
27th
 Feb. 10, 1992 - Apr. 10, 1992
 Robert Temm
28th
 Jun. 8, 1992 - Aug. 7, 1992
 Chief Robert Dick
(Black Jack FPD)
29th
 Sept. 14, 1992 - Nov. 13, 1992
 Chief Floyd Blair
30th
 Feb. 8, 1993 - Apr. 9, 1993
 Nicholas Sinople, Jr.
(Ferguson FD)
31st
 Jun. 14, 1993 - Aug. 13, 1993
 James Mussmann (Berkeley FD)
32nd
 Oct. 11, 1993 - Dec. 16, 1993
 Capt. Gary Porter & Firefigher Tim
Lewis (Alton, IL FD)
33rd
 Feb. 28, 1994 - May 6, 1994
 Chief David Jetton, Sr.
(Moline FPD)
34th
 Jun. 27, 1994 - Sept. 2, 1994
 Tom Henson (Frontenac FD)
35th
 Oct. 3, 1994 - Dec. 9, 1994
 Chief Joseph McNamara
(Hazelwood FD)
36th
 Feb. 13, 1995 - Apr. 21, 1995
 Chief Otto Biele (Monarch FPD)
37th
 Jun. 5, 1995 - Aug. 11, 1995
 Sam Crawford
38th
 Sept. 11, 1995 - Nov. 17, 1995
 Chief Howard O'Guin
(Berkeley FD)
39th
 Feb. 12, 1996 - Apr. 19, 1996
 John Simon (Lemay FPD)
40th
 Jun. 3, 1996 - Aug. 9, 1996
 Chief William Kramer
(Crestwood FD)
41st
 Sept. 9, 1996 - Nov. 15, 1996
 Asst. Chief Harry Schiermeier
(Berkeley FD)
42nd
 Feb. 2, 1997 - Apr. 19, 1997
 James Helbig
43rd
 Jun. 2, 1997 - Aug. 8, 1997
 Asst. Chief Leroy Starck
(Metro West FPD)
44th
 Sept. 8, 1997 - Nov. 14, 1997
 Capt. Edmund Ensminger
(St. Charles FD)
45th
 Feb. 9, 1998 - Apr. 17, 1998
 Chief Merv Feick
(Maplewood FD)
46th
 Jun. 1, 1998 - Aug. 7, 1998
 Fred Entrikin, Jr.
(Webster Groves FD)
47th
 Sept. 14, 1998 - Nov. 20, 1998
 Dave Schmalzer (Ladue FD)
48th
 Feb. 8, 1999 - Apr. 16, 1999
 Retired Chief Joe Morgan (Clayton
FD)
49th
 Jun. 7, 1999 - Aug. 13, 1999
 Bill Conant
50th
 Sept. 13, 1999 - Nov. 19, 1999
 Chief Dennis Weil (Fenton FPD)
51st
 Feb. 14, 2000 - Apr. 21, 2000
 Chief Bob Metcalf
(University City FD)
52nd
 Jun. 5, 2000 - Aug. 11, 2000
 Denny Murray (Moline FPD)
53rd
 Sept. 11, 2000 - Nov. 17, 2000
 Chief Larry Boyer
(Spanish Lake FPD)
54th
 Feb. 12, 2001 - Apr. 20, 2001
 Chief James Silvernail
(Metro West FPD)
55th
 Jun. 4, 2001 - Aug. 10, 2001
 Chief Jack Trout (Frontenac FD)
56th
 Sept. 10, 2001 - Nov. 16, 2001
 Bill Schmidt (Laclede Gas Co.)
57th
 Feb. 11, 2002 - Apr. 19, 2002
 New York City Firefighters
58th
 Jun. 3, 2002 - Aug. 9, 2002
 Captains Derek Martin & Robert
Morrison (St. Louis City FD)
59th
 Sept. 9, 2002 - Nov. 15, 2002
 Chief Wally Dawson
(West Overland FPD)
60th
 Feb. 10, 2003 - Apr. 18, 2003
 Dep. Chief Steve Mossotti
(Mehlville FPD)
61st
 Aug. 11, 2003 - Oct. 17, 2003
 Asst. Chief Chester Jones
(Robertson FPD)
62nd
 Feb. 9, 2004 - Aug. 16, 2004
 Batt. Chief Dennis Cavin
(Metro West FPD)
63rd
 Jun. 7, 2004 - Aug. 13, 2004
 Honorable Buzz Westfall
64th
 Sept. 13, 2004 - Nov. 19, 2004
 BackStoppers
65th
 Feb. 14, 2005 - Apr. 22, 2005
 Dep. Chief Mark Parrish
(Normandy FPD)
66th
 Jun. 6, 2005 - Aug. 12, 2005
 Chief Jerry Buehne (Affton FPD)
67th
 Sept. 12, 2005 - Nov. 18, 2005
 Chief Tom Openlander
(Kirkwood FD)
68th
 Feb. 13, 2006 - Apr. 21, 2006
 Firefighter Jim Bathe
(Monarch FPD)
69th
 Jun. 5, 2006 - Aug. 14, 2006
 Batt. Chief Pat Dick
(Pattonville FPD)
70th
 Sept. 11, 2006 - Nov. 20, 2006
 Chief Steve Arnold
(Pattonville FPD)
71st
 Jan. 8, 2007 - Mar. 20, 2007
 Firefighter Cindy Schuenke
(Community FPD)
72nd
 Apr. 2, 2007 - Jun. 12, 2007
 Batt. Chief Clifford "Chip" Braatz
(Black Jack FPD)
73rd
 Sept. 10, 2007 - Nov. 21, 2007
 Retired Chief Charlie Miller
(Clayton FD)
74th
 Jan. 7, 2008 - Mar. 21, 2008
 Retired Chief Bill Brandes
(Creve Coeur FPD)
75th
 April 7, 2008 - June 18, 2008
 Paramedic/Firefighter Lou Berra
(West County EMS & Fire)
76th
 Sept. 8, 2008 - Nov. 19, 2008
 Retired Captain Ray Bladdick
(Kirkwood FD)
77th
 Jan. 5, 2009 - Mar. 19, 2009
 Firefighter/Paramedic Ryan Hummert
(Maplewood FD)
78th
 April 6, 2009 - June 17, 2009
 Retired Deputy Chief Mike Price
(Pattonville FPD)
79th
 Sept. 14, 2009 - Nov. 25, 2009
 Retired Captain Bill "Crunchy"
Albright (Affton FPD)
80th
 Jan. 4, 2010 - Mar. 17, 2010
 Retired Chief Larry Drexler
(Richmond Heights FD)
81st
 Apr. 5, 2010 - June 16, 2010
 Retired Chief Robin Jobe
(Olivette FD)
82nd
 Sept. 13, 2010 - Nov. 24, 2010
 Captain John Oddie
(St. Charles FD)
83rd
 Jan. 3, 2011 - Mar. 17, 2011
 Deputy Chief Michael Flavin
(Spanish Lake FPD0
84th
 Apr. 4, 2011 - June 20, 2011
 Captain Dean Everett
(Frontenac FD)
85th
 Sept. 12, 2011 - Nov. 23, 2011
 Captain Steve Grimes
(Fenton FPD)
86th
 Jan. 3, 2012 - March 15, 2012
 Captain Phil Lopez
(Clayton FD)