Leland Gayheart Fire Safety and Prevention Award to the Michigan Fire Inspectors Society

The 2010 Calendar Project has been received an award from the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center.  The Leland Gayheart Fire Safety Prevention Award was recently presented to Fire Marshal / Board Member John Hager from Karla Klas of the University of Michigan.

The award is presented each year to recognize the work of Michigan firefighters and Leland Gayheart, a 23-year-old firefighter who lost his life after a burn injury in 1991.

The award was created to encourage prevention programs by local fire departments. Included is an honorarium, which is awarded annually to the fire department whose innovative efforts have demonstrated a statewide, countywide or citywide impact on prevention and fire safety.

There have been 21,000 calendars distributed to fire departments throughout Michigan and given away. Hager said the $500 cash prize that is part of the award will be used to print more calendars.