Valor Awards & Appreciation Gala
WHEN
October 10, 2023
WHERE
Please email
info@our200club.com
for information.
About
Each year, the 200 Club honors first responders who have demonstrated a great strength of mind or spirit that enabled them to encounter danger with firmness and resolve, while knowing their personal health and well being were in jeopardy.
This Fall, join us at our annual Chris Argentinis Valor Award Ceremony as we celebrate and honor the local heroes who have demonstrated great courage in the face of danger.
“The 200 Club’s main mission is to support first responders and their families in case of death or critical injuries in the line of duty. Everything we do as an organization is to serve these local heroes who make sacrifices to keep our community safe.
That is why we must recognize first responders who display great acts of valor in the face of danger and put others’ safety before themselves. We hope this award is a symbol of our sincere appreciation for these brave individuals’ service.”
Photo Gallery: 2022 Ceremony
- Past Valor Award Recipients -
Qualifications
The 200 Club Chris Argentinis Valor Award nominees must meet the following qualifications:
(A) The nominee must be (or must have been, at the time of the incident) a first responder.
(B) While in the performance of duty, the nominee must have performed with exceptional meritorious conduct that may have resulted in death or serious injury.
(1) The term “serious injury” means:
(a) an injury that causes great bodily harm and a probability of death, or
(b) that causes significant permanent disfigurement and a significant permanent loss or impairment of the function of any body part or organ.
(2)”Exceptional meritorious conduct” means, while performing or fulfilling responsibilities as a law enforcement officer or firefighter, the nominee distinguished himself/herself Conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his/her own life above and beyond the call of duty. It involves risk of one’s life and is an act of bravery and self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his/her comrades.
(3) “While in the performance of duty” requires more than the Officer or firefighter, being on the duty. Rather, it requires that he/she was acting in an official capacity and performing a law enforcement or firefighting function.
(C) The performance of the foregoing must have occurred while the nominee was undertaking enforcement action when acting in the line of duty or fulfilling his/her responsibilities as a law enforcement officer or firefighter.
(D) Where the nominee has not been seriously injured or killed, the nomination must detail how the officer, while acting in a law enforcement, firefighting, or EMS capacity, performed exceptional meritorious conduct protecting life and/ or property of another.