Texas Association of Fire Educators

“Texas Training Officer of the Year”

Earl Malone Memorial Award

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TAFE's Earl Malone Award Each year the Texas Association of Fire Educators recognizes outstanding individuals nominated by our members by presenting the Earl Malone Award at our Annual Instructor's Conference. Earl Malone Award Nomination Guidelines Help the Texas Association of Fire Educators recognize the many fine fire service instructors by nominating an individual. Please carefully adhere to the nomination guidelines: Actions demonstrating or exemplifying the goals, objectives and ethics of the Texas Association of Fire Educators. Performances demonstrating planning, development and delivery of training and education that have changed the behaviors of target audiences. Variety and quality of activities which have and/or been deemed as outstanding in their field. Administration: Submission of classes or schools. Instruction: Instruction & organization of instructors. Participation with the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and other departments. Participation with state programs. Participation in innovative programs. Training of other departments. Instructor continuing education. Must be a Training Officer for their department. History Of The Earl Malone Award In 1995, the Texas Association of Fire Educators created a new award to honor individuals who were directly involved in the training of their department and other area departments and who were the Training Officer for their department. The Earl Malone Award was created to honor Earl Malone, one of the founders of the Texas Association of Fire Educators. To honor his dedication to the Texas Fire Service and to the instructors of the State of Texas, the Texas Association of Fire Educators instituted the Earl Malone Award for Training Officers, so dear to Earl's heart. Earl began his career in the Lubbock Fire Department on October 1, 1955. He was elected as a Vice President for the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters from 1962 through 1980. After retiring from the Lubbock Fire Department, on May 3, 1980, Earl came to Austin to work with the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Earl made a transition to work for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection in the early 80-s. Earl devoted many hours to promoting more training and education for the fire fighters in the State of Texas. He had many hours training in Police Science and different aspects of Fire Science. He had friends in the different fire departments around the state and outside the fire service. His first love was promoting the fire service in the State of Texas. Earl and several others began the first (Annual) Instructor's Conference under the protective arm of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. The Texas Association of Fire Educators became a separate organization separating from the Commission. Earl continued working at the Commission until Februaru of 1989 when he passed away. Among the many organizations Earl participated in were the Lions Club International, Toastmasters International, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion and the Ben Hur Shiners of Austin. Previous Earl Malone Award Recipients Below are some of the previous recipients of the Earl Malone Award. As you can see, we are missing the names of some of the recipients. If you can help us by providing some of the missing pieces of the puzzle, please send us an email:

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