Sixteen First Responders from across the nation will be honored at the 12th annual Irish Echo awards in New York on 13 November.
Guest Speaker at the gala will be Ed Kelly, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, who will travel from Boston to address the gathering in Club 101 on Park Avenue, NYC.
The grandson, son, and brother of fire fighters, Kelly joined the Boston Fire Department in 1997, assigned to Ladder Company 17. He has been involved in several high-profile responses, including working on the Technical Rescue Team that assisted at the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire, the attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Boston Marathon bombing. 
Full bios of each of the first 16 honorees from the ranks of Irish firefighters and EMT professionals, can be read online. They are:
- Brian Nee, Boston Fire Department
- Kevin Moore, Section Manager Gas Operations, Con Edison
- James McConville, Lieutenant FDNY
- Timothy McGuire, FDNY Firefighter
- Bobby Meuser, Battalion Chief FDNY
- Ryan Gleeson, Section Manager, Con Edison
- Jack Collins, Firefighter Jersey City Fire Department, Leader IAFF 1066
- Sean Michael, Union Pension Trustee/ Battalion Chief FDNY
- Matthew Ellsworth, Firefighter FDNY
- Thomas Haran, Battalion Chief Chicago Fire Department
- Charlette Iannone, Firefighter/EMT, East Williston Fire Department, NY
- Maria Cullivan, Registered Nurse, New York Presbyterian
- Juliette Bosco, EMT, FDNY
- Kristen Colletti, EMT- S, Brighampton, NYITCOM
- Noreen E. Guilfoyle, MPH NYITCOM Old Westbury
- Brian Mahoney, Firefighter FDNY
For additional details and to buy tickets for the Irish First Responders awards, visit our webpage here.
