The Higgins & Langley Memorial and Education Fund Nominations Committee has announced the recipients of the 2008 Higgins & Langley Memorial Awards in Swiftwater Rescue. Awardees include:

• Fire Chief Leonard Martin and the Keeseville (N.Y.) Volunteer Fire Department, for outstanding achievement in the field of swiftwater rescue.
• Fire Captain Lawrence Roy Collins, Los Angeles County Fire Department, lifetime achievement award.
• Chief Fire Officers Association, Management of Major Flood Event Research Project, Chief Fire Officer Paul Hayden, Team Leader, United Kingdom, program development award.
• San Diego Regional Aquatic Lifesaving Emergency Taskforce (SDR ALERT), program development award.
• Sergeant Kathy Curtice, Fresno County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Office, incident award.
• U.S. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay (Garibaldi, Ore.), incident award.
• U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay (McKinleyville, Calif.), incident award.
• U.S. Border Patrol, El Paso Sector Swift Water Rescue Team, special commendation.
• Driver\Engineer Edward W. Miller, Colorado Springs Fire Department, special commendation.

The awards will be presented on May 30 at the annual National Association for Search and Rescue conference in Colorado Springs, Colo.