Please join us in congratulating Michael Weller, who was presented with the 2025 Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award. The Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the training of firefighters.
Mike began his 50-year journey in the emergency services as a volunteer before his first career of leading the development and execution of an internationally recognized, whole community risk reduction strategy in Hagerstown, MD. Mike holds a Master of Education degree from the University of MD, received the 2018 Dr. Anne W. Phillips Lifetime Achievement Award for leadership in fire and life safety education, and was recognized in 2022 by Fire Rescue One magazine as one of the most influential fire service leaders of all time. Currently, he serves as the Program Manager for the National Fire Academy's Community Risk Reduction and WUI: Fire Adapted Communities series of courses. Mike has contributed tremendously to the fire service and is grateful for the friends and mentorships, education, and experience he has benefitted from along the way.
"Through his history of program/course development, training of countless numbers of firefighters and other educators, as well as delivering his message directly to members of the public, he has touched and saved the lives of a great number of people." - Mike Wieder
