Birmingham Regional Emergency
Medical Services System

Annual Awards Banquet

BREMSS holds an Awards Banquet every year to honor outstanding EMS personnel in our region. One EMSP from each county is recognized at the banquet. Below are a list of some of the past recipients: 

Past recipients of the award from Winston County:

2007 – James P. West
2008 – Leah Barton
2009 – Eric Gilbreat
2010 – Melissa Weeks
2011 – Miranda Scott
2012 – Tracey Pilkington
2013 – Kim Emerson
2014 – April Whitten
2015 – Nathaniel Shelnut
2016 – Kamee Morgan
2017 – Joshua Ergle
2018 – RPS – Winston County / Winston County 9-1-1 / Winston County EMA / Winston County Fire Depts
2019 – Sandra Busby
2020 – Travis Day
2021
2022 – Cody Wakefield

Past recipients of the award from Walker County:

2000 – Sam Sanford
2001 – Roger Hill
2002 – Dean Harbison
2003 – Richard Fikes
2004 – Nathan Moore
2005 – Sumiton Fire & Rescue Service & Sumiton Police Department
2006 – Terrel Robinson
2007 – Josh Bankston
2008 – Willis Arnold Keeton
2009 – Greg Tubbs
2010 – John Cooner
2011 – Robin Earley
2012 – Steven Blackmon
2013 – Elaine Ellis
2014 – Phillip Harrington
2015 – Cameron Padbury
2016 – John Corley
2017 – Chad Westbrooks
2018 – Steffen Leach
2019 – Thomas Brinyark
2020 – Diane Dockins
2021
2022 – the late Jaye Key

Past recipients of the award from St. Clair County:

2000 – Jeff Parrish
2001 – Pell City Fire & Rescue ALS Competition Team
2002 – Mary Jane Calhoun
2003 – J. B. Martin
2004 – Timothy A. Boling
2005 – Paul Cox
2006 – John Tyson
2007 – Blake Harbison
2008 – James M. Curtis
2009 – Tim J. Kurzejeski
2010 – Ken Ward, George Smith, & Andrew Stewart
2011 – Kiley Owen
2012 – RPS – St. Clair
2013 – Eric Littleton, Andrew Stewart, Jeremy Davis, Leatrice Perry, & Jon Hamilton
2014 – Marcie Battles
2015 – RPS – St. Clair
2016 – Jared Wyatt & Cory Groover
2017 – Springville Fire/RPS
2018 – Brett Howard
2019 – Jerry Dailey, Tyler Wright, Eric Littleton, Tabitha Langner, Josh Blackwell, Jonathan DeGeorge
2020 – Blake Harbison, Joey Winfrey, Kayla Dobbs, Richard Harvey, Skip Davis, Dakota Putnam, Richard Meadows, Matthew Brown
2021
2022 – John Edge

Past recipients of the award from Shelby County:

2000 – Ben Hostetter
2001 – Dianne Rutz
2002 – Shelby County Community Health Foundation
2003 – Lynn Hood
2004 – Mike Reid & Jason Dunn
2005 – Retta Hood & Christopher J. Roy
2006 – Dianne Rutz
2007 – Dennis Brasher
2008 – Gary Waters
2009 – Richard Smith
2010 – Heath Bartlett
2011 – Chase Laney & Chris Miller
2012 – Robert Lawson
2013 – Brian Cleveland
2014 – Tyson Tryon
2015 – Paul Williams 
2016 – Matthew Rush
2017 – Andrew White
2018 – Coby Carden
2019 – Shane Phillips
2020 – Taylor Gunnels
2021
2022 – Jackson Chance

Past recipients of the award from Jefferson County:

2000 – Donnie West
2001 – Allan Rice & Dave Nathan
2002 – John Roy
2003 – Mike Bolack
2004 – Connie Rogers
2005 – Michelle McAda
2006 – Shedric H. Powell & James Russell
2007 – Gay Jordan
2008 – Scott Harbison
2009 – Grant Webb
2010 – Wes Ward
2011 – Bobby Golden
2012 – Dusty Underwood
2013 – Christopher Martin
2014 – Matthew Lamonte
2015 – Jeff Obert
2016 – Ben Thompson
2017 – Center Point Fire District
2018 – Tim Lawson
2019 – Larry Manning
2020 – Nathan Sweeney
2021
2022 – David P. Crews

Past recipients of the award from Chilton County:

2000 – Judy Green
2001 – Kenneth A. Dale
2002 – Matthew Griffin
2003 – Rick Ferguson
2004 – Anthony Rex Marcus
2005 – Johnny Bowman
2006 – Phil Rachels
2007 – Cheryl Robinson
2008      
2009 – Charles F. Culp
2010 – Angela Hilton
2011 – Bill Collum
2012 – Donna Manasco
2013 – John T. Helms
2014 – Adam Price
2015 – James Avery Dale
2016 – Jason Snipes
2017 – Tonyeka Glass & Dewayne Watley
2018
2019 – Amelia Headley
2020 – Joe Cole
2021
2022

Past recipients of the award from Blount County:

2000 – Adrean Booth
2001 – Rick Nash
2002 – Steve Dixon
2003 – Travis Brown
2004 – Fred Kelley
2005 – Betty Cadden
2006 – Tammy Sherbert
2007 – Tim Frye
2008 – Billy Stewart
2009 – Neal Brooks
2010 – Michael Crouch
2011 – Scott Payne
2012 – Kenneth Shane Hobson
2013 – Chris Hill
2014 – Chris Manning
2015 – Jeremy Chance Payne 
2016 – Nick Fountain
2017 – Shawn Gregory
2018 – Weslie Powell
2019 – Matt Crow
2020 – Tommy Shelnut
2021
2022 – Aaron Armstrong