On August 16, 2012 the Post coordinated with Fire Chief Hulin Theriot of the Jennings Fire Department in order to allow Post 19 to sponsor the Firefighter of the Year Award for the city of Jennings. The award recipient would then be nominated by the Post for Firefighter of the Year Awards at 7th District, Department (State-level) and National level. The following firefighters have been recognized over the years since 2012:
2012 - Cedric Gary (also won at 7th District)
2013 - Hunter Crader
2014 - Ashley Navarre (also won at 7th District)
2015 - Bobby Vasseur (also won at 7th District)
2016 - Shawn O'Quinn (also won at 7th District and at Department levels). See one of the timeline articles dated June 10, 2017.
2017 - John H. Navarre, Jr. (also won at 7th District and at Department levels). See timeline article dated June 12, 2018.
2018 - Hulin Theriot (also won at 7th District and at Department levels). See one of the timeline articles dated June 8, 2019.
2019 - Coty Courville (also won at 7th District and at Department-level). See one of this Post History's timeline articles dated June 19, 2021.
2020 - Ashley Navarre (also won at 7th District and at Department-level). See one of this Post History's timeline articles dated June 19, 2021.
2021 - Bobby Vasseur (also won at 7th District and at Department-level). See one of this Post History's timeline articles dated June 4, 2022.
The photo above shows Assistant Fire Chief Bobby Vasseur, 2015 Firefighter of the Year for the Jennings Fire Department. Assistant Chief Vasseur was also selected as the Department of Louisiana 7th District Firefighter of the Year. In 2022 Bobby was slected as the Department Firefighter of the Year, in addition to being named the Post 19, City of Jennings, and 7th District Firefighter of the Year again.
