| 1953 | Jim Sweeney | Oakland |
| 1954, 1955 | Rod Barth | Stockton |
| 1956, 1957 | Babe Wade | Redding |
| 1958, 1959 | Al Hanson | Berkeley |
| 1960, 1961 | Herb Scales | Monterey |
| 1962 | John Reynolds | Monterey |
| 1963 | Bruce Wiggins | Santa Clara Co. |
| 1964 | Pat Parker | Arden |
| 1965 | Matt DePauli | Arcade |
| 1966 | Gene Nunes | Oakland |
| 1967 | Dan Hollywood | Menlo Park |
| 1968 | Les Johnson | Salinas |
| 1969 | John Gearhart | San Jose |
| 1970 | Nick Arhontes | Hayward |
| 1971 | Gene Borden | Campbell |
| 1972 | Lonnie Johnson | Florin |
| 1973 | Jes Rodgers | Santa Clara |
| 1974 | Emmet Condon | San Francisco |
| 1975 | Jim Luce | Napa |
| 1976 | Sal Leonardi | Campbell |
| 1977 | Charlie Gray | Santa Rosa |
| 1978 | Jim McLaughlin | Palo Alto |
| 1979 | Al Forbes* | Monterey |
| 1980 | John Buchanan | Sac. Co. JPA |
| 1981 | Ken Mazza | San Rafael |
| 1982 | Jim McLaughlin | Palo Alto |
| 1983 | Steve Hart | Monterey |
| 1984 | Hank Schmidt | So. County Fire |
| 1985 | Bill Greene | U.C. Davis |
| 1986 | Ted Camicia | Corte Madera |
| 1987 | Darrell Harguth | Contra Costa Co. |
| 1988 | Dave Milanese | Foster City |
| 1989 | Robert Kinney | Vallejo |
| 1990 | Keith Schoenthal | San Rafael |
| 1991 | Larry Larson | U.C. Davis |
| 1992 | Larry Agee* | Chico |
| 1993 | Tom Elliott* | Novato |
| 1994 | Michael Argo | Contra Costa Co. |
| 1995 | Eduardo Saiz* | Daly City |
| 1996 | Fort Hartsfield* | San Ramon Valley |
| 1997 | Tonya Hoover | UC Berkeley |
| 1998 | Rick Rodewald | Monterey |
| 1999 | Larry Monette | Santa Clara |
| 2000 | Rick Terry | San Ramon Valley FPD |
| 2001 | Danielle Stefani | Livermore-Pleasanton |
| 2002 | Forrest Craig | Novato FPD |
| 2003 | Mike Stewart | Sacramento Metro FPD |
| 2004 | Weston Arvin | UC Davis |
| 2005 | Dennis Mathisen | Roseville |
| 2006 | Angela Giuliani | Santa Clara |
| 2007 | Darren Drake | Napa |
| 2008 | Morgana Yahnke | Fairfield |
| 2009 | Scott Alber | Marin County |
| 2010 | Lorin Neyer* | OSHPD |
| 2011 | George Apple | Cosumnes FPD |
| 2012 | Rocque Yballa | Central County FPD |
| 2013 | Gini Krippner | UC Merced Fire Department |
| 2014 | Tim Annis | City of Davis Fire Department |
| 2015 | Robert Marshall | Contra Costa County Fire Protection District |
| 2016 | Amber Anderson | Cosumnes Fire Protection District |
| 2017 | Christine Reed | Central County Fire Department |
| 2018 | Jessica Power | Petaluma Fire Department |
| 2019 | Eric Munson | City of Richmond Fire Department |
| 2020 | Mike Payton | Modesto Fire Department |
| 2021 | Ian Hardage | South San Francisco Fire Department |
| 2022 | Dwight Good | CAL FIRE, Santa Clara Unit |