Canton Fire Department held its 7th Annual Awards Ceremony last night, honoring over 30 firefighters and 7 civilians with a variety of awards including a Civilian Commendation, Life Saving and Firefighter of the Year.

This year's Firefighter of the Year award went to Captain Dennis Draplin for the integral role he played in the designing and construction of Canton's fire station #3. Captain Draplin spent countless hours working on the station project providing valuable input to the project.

Another traditional award given out is the department's Ironman Award. This year Firefighter Ryan Swick was awarded Ironman for participating in more fire and EMS incidents during the 2005 year than any other firefighter. Firefighter Swick has proven to be thorough, conscientious, ambitious and enthusiastic.

Over 175 individuals were in attendance at last night's award ceremony, making the evening a complete success.