BRUNSWICK, Ga. () — On Friday, the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce held its second annual First Responders Appreciation & Award Luncheon. The gathering united members from all local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical services.

The nominees for this prestigious recognition included:

• Nikole Brown – Glynn County Police Department
• Nathan Desrosiers – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• William “Bill” Duggan – Glynn County Police Department
• Scott Ebner – Glynn County Police Department
• Paxton Edgy – Glynn County Police Department
• Patrick Edwards – Georgia State Patrol – Post 32 Jekyll Island
• John Evans – Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• Sean Fagan – Georgia State Patrol – Post 23 Brunswick
• Timothy Gill – College of Coastal Georgia Police Department
• Michael Haigh – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• Neal Jump – Glynn County Sheriff’s Office
• Megan Kennedy – Glynn County Police Department
• Billy Lartz – Jekyll Island Fire & EMS
• George Leager – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• Alexia Miller – Glynn-Brunswick 911 Center
• Kevin Pennington – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• Julie Royer – Glynn County Police Department
• Michael Sapp – Brunswick Police Department
• Heather Savage – Glynn County Police Department
• Kaiden Scott – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• Wesley Shoup – Brunswick Fire Department
• Britny Smith – Glynn-Brunswick 911 Center
• William Spooner – Glynn County Fire Rescue
• Jerene Stillwagon – Glynn County Sheriff’s Office
• John Tyre – Brunswick Fire Department