| 1949 | William E. Fox | Inglewood |
| 1950 | Thomas H. Brown | Downey |
| 1951 | Robert W. Gain | Downey |
| 1952 | Al W. Hunt | Glendale |
| 1953 | Milan A. Priest | Los Angeles County |
| 1954 | Leonard V. Foster | Long Beach |
| 1955 | Harry E Wainwright | San Bernardino City |
| 1956 | Karl Saunders | Santa Barbara City |
| 1957 | William C. McDade | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | George S. Figley | Los Angeles County |
| 1959 | Robert H. Beech | Montebello |
| 1960, | Leslie L. McCloud | Monrovia |
| 1961 | Fred C. Hardesty | Los Angeles County |
| 1962 | William I. J. Coulter | El Segundo |
| 1963 | Ira A. Anderson | Rialto |
| 1964 | William R. Tripp | San Gabriel |
| 1965 | James M. Hamaek | Los Angeles City |
| 1966 | Russ Granger | Whittier |
| 1967 | Sam Tanksley | Los Angeles County |
| 1968 | Charles Anderson | Buena Park |
| 1969 | Paul Wohlers | Santa Monica |
| 1970 | Bernard Dicker | Los Angeles County |
| 1971 | Gaford Medley | Ontario |
| 1972 | Richard Pfeiffer | Inglewood |
| 1973 | Robert Richter | Los Angeles City |
| 1974 | jean F. Slaughter | Pasadena |
| 1975 | Angelo Minchella | Santa Ana |
| 1976 | Joseph Warren | La Habra |
| 1977 | Bill Tomes | San Diego |
| 1978 | Walley Trotter | Orange County |
| 1979 | Joseph Warren | La Habra |
| 1980 | Jim Timmons | Torrance |
| 1981 | Don Oaks | Santa Barbara County |
| 1982 | Robert Miller | San Diego |
| 1983 | Albert (Bud) Moody | Brea |
| 1984 | Mikel Parks | San Bernardino City |
| 1985 | Lynne Michaelis | Fountain Valley |
| 1986 | Denny Haas | Torrance |
| 1987 | Homer Miller | Los Angeles City |
| 1988 | Joseph Piscioneri | Ontario |
| 1989 | Ted Wackerman | Oceanside |
| 1990 | Oystein (Sam) Husoe | Long Beach |
| 1991 | Eileen Salmon | Hawthorne |
| 1992 | Allen Thomason | San Diego |
| 1993 | Dennis Stangeland | Los Angeles County |
| 1994 | Carl Thibeault | Palm Springs |
| 1995 | Michael T. Bennet | Santa Barbara County |
| 1996 | Dennis Lockard | Newport Beach |
| 1997 | Carolyse Pfeiffer-Acedo | Redondo Beach |
| 1998 | Bruce Kerl | La Mesa |
| 1999 | Sheri Benge | Anaheim |
| 2000 | Steve Locati | Rancho Cucamonga |
| 2001 | Scott Corrin | UC Riverside |
| 2002 | Tom Oakes | Orange County Fire Authority |
| 2003 | Penni Overstreet-Murphy | San Bernardino County |
| 2004 | Laura Blaul | Orange County Fire Authority/td> |
| 2005 | Karyn Vaudreuil | Carlsbad |
| 2006 | Ken Quick | Culver City |
| 2007 | Hank Teran | Long Beach |
| 2008 | Ken Kraus | Los Angeles City |
| 2009 | Doug Dupree | San Bernardino City |
| 2010 | Jill Perumean | Arcadia |
| 2011 | Ian MacDonald | Orange |
| 2012 | Adria Smith | Fountain Valley |
| 2013 | James Carver | El Segundo |
| 2014 | Julie Frasure | Rancho Cucamonga |
| 2015 | Randy Metz | Carlsbad |
| 2016 | Sandie Hastings | Riverside County |
| 2017 | Mark Dossett | San Diego |
| 2018 | Patty Koch | North County FPD |
| 2019-2021 | Jason Nailon | San Marcos |
| 2022 | Gabe Reza | Glendale |
