Roane County Executive Ron Woody honored several individuals as 2017 Firefighters of the Year. Each year a volunteer firefighter is selected by their peers of the five agencies in the county for the honor. This year, the following were named as firefighters of the year:

Ronnie Roberts – West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department
Larry Sather – Blair Volunteer Fire Department
Jerry Goodman – South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department
Randy Wells – Midtown Volunteer Fire Department

East Roane County Volunteer Fire Department – Craig Stinson

Also honored was Johsua Taylor with the Emergency Management fire agency division