Hall County Fire Services held its 5th Annual Awards Ceremony, recognizing employees who have saved a life or performed "above and beyond" the call of duty in 2018.
Awards presented during the ceremony included Medical, Trauma, and Cardiac Lifesaving Awards, Rescue Awards, Chief’s Awards, Firefighter of the Year, EMT of the Year, Paramedic of the Year, Officer of the Year, and various Unit Citations.
The event was held at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville and is funded by donations from area businesses and individuals. Catering was provided by Longstreet Café.
*Medical Lifesaving Award:
Tray Ross
*Trauma Lifesaving Award:
Carlos Rodriguez
Bryan Bredy
Michael Spaduzzi
*Cardiac Lifesaving Award:
Brian Mills
Chris Huff
Brock Hayes
Hermanino Hernandez
John Murray
Clint Childs
James Binkley
Jared Plemmons
*Rescue Award:
David Jones
Matt McCall
Jonathan Carpenter
Mitch Redmon
Knox Smith
Jason Deaton
Marty Sullivan
Damon Migliore
Zach Mills
Devon McCart
Shane Culpepper
Drew Whitfield
James Maney
David Woodall
Tim Nunez
Jack Burnett
Grayson Cochran
Adam Stephenson
Caleb Trites
Cacey Henderson
Tray Ross
Austin Morgan
*Chiefs Awards
Jeff Reed
Ken Westbrooks
Rob Sanders
Michael Mackendree
Avery Evans
*Firefighter of the Year
Evan Keyes
*EMT of the Year
Chris Huff
*Paramedic of the Year
Kyle Powers
*Officer of the Year
John Murray
*Unit Citations
Station 8-C
Station 5-A
