Quincy Exchange Club Honors These First Responders
This year’s Law Officer of the Year award went to Adams County Sherriff’s Department Deputy Jared Summers. Summers was involved the arrest of a murder suspect and was shot at during his apprehension. He also performed CPR on 3 separate people during the pandemic year. ACSD Chief Rich Wagner introduced Summers and one of the CPR recipients Amber Feldner presented the award.
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Firefighter of the Year award was presented to Michael Dade of the Quincy Fire Department. Dade has continually enrolled in upgraded classes involving fire fighting over the past several years and as a result he has served as a state instructor for various fire departments in Illinois. Dade has, for several years, designed an annual fire department t-shirt to sell with proceeds going to the Blessing Breast Cancer Center. Dade was presented the award by QFD Deputy Chief Steve Salrin.