Assistant Fire Chief Neal Dwyer is Vice President of the Dakota County Emergency Management System Council

Fire Chief BJ Jungmann is Vice President of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Great Lakes Division

Police Chief Tanya Schwartz is Secretary of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association

Crime Analyst Holly Helm is President of the Minnesota Association of Criminal Intelligence Analysts and also received their Outstanding Statistical Report Award for her work in our Behavioral Health Unit

Detective Brad Litke is President of the Minnesota Division of the International Association of Identification

City Engineer Jen Desrude was named President of the City Engineers Association of Minnesota

Police Senior Administration Assistant Ellen Hanna received the Professional Law Enforcement Administrative Assistant Excellence in Service Award

Sergeants Brent Murray and Dan Anderson and Officers Paul Oelrich and Chris Walswick received the Medal of Honor Award from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association

Sergeant Murray was also named the VFW Officer of the Year

Firefighter/Paramedic Jarden Haider was named VFW Minnesota Firefighter of the Year

Bethany Brewer, Kayli Knighton-Johnson and City Manager Gregg Lindberg received the City of Excellence Award for Workplace Culture from the League of Minnesota Cities

Recreation Programmer Scott Heitkamp and the Recreation team was presented with the Award of Excellence from the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association for our innovative Winter Golf event

2022 Staff Value Awards: Organizational Development Consultant Kayli Knighton-Johnson for collaboration, GIS Coordinator Matt Taran for innovation and Forestry Supervisor Brian Ulvin for excellence

Andrew Vik was named 2021 Firefighter/Paramedic of the Year

Erica Huston was named 2022 Burnsville Police Officer of the Year

Sergeant Jeremiah Mahler and Officers Paul Elmstrand and Tim Swope became members of the Burnsville Honor Guard

Code Enforcement Inspector Franklin Montenegro earned the Property Maintenance and Housing Inspector Certification

Life Saving Awards for heroic actions were given to Firefighters/Paramedics Noah Elsner, Andrew Vik, Andy Leach, Luke Miller and Jayson Knutson and Officers Melissa Archambault and Jay Seiler

Fire Marshal Doug Nelson and Fire Inspectors Jayson Knutson and David Linderholm earned certifications from the Fire Investigations Technicians Program

The design of Fire Station No. 1 was awarded the top Gold Award from Firehouse Magazine for its focus on health and wellness

The Communications and Community Engagement team received awards from the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators for the 2021 annual report, crisis communications plan and a pizza in the park event hosted by organizational services.