 Pikeville Fire Department's battalion chief, Mitch Case, was presented the emergency medical provider of the year award June 11th. The VFW presents three national awards for public servants each year and presented the awards at the recognition ceremony in Louisville. When I was growing up I either wanted to be a police officer or a firefighter and I didn't choose the, I choose the fire side and in the fire service anymore you pretty much to be, to be employed as a firefighter you have to be an EMT and going through all those, those different certification processes. EMT was, was one of those and I, I practiced as a, as a volunteer at my local volunteer department, Big Creek for three years before I was able to get hired on here. But it's just the, the old adage of just being there for, for people. Taking care of your, taking care of your neighbor. We are Pikeville Medical Center and we are an amazing place to work. Healthcare heroes of all types work here. All who deserve great rewards. So while our heroes are working hard to take care of our patients and visitors, we are taking care of them with top-tier benefits, higher pay rates, and great sign-on bonuses. So join our team today. So what are you waiting for? Apply today! Incredible opportunities await at PMCjobs.org. Case is the first EMT from Pikeville that has been presented with the EMT National Award. Whatever may be the case, I'm just a person that likes to help people. And as far as an award is concerned, I'm a person that don't think that I deserve an award. It should be, it should be the other, the other guys that, guys and gals that are out here doing, doing the work every single day, putting the, putting the work in. As far as the people that do this job, we're, we're not in it for the, for the awards. And it's great to be recognized. It is, but I don't have to be. I come in and do a job. If I can help someone while I'm here, whatever the reason be, then that's what I want to do. That's, that's what we do whenever we come, come to work every day or we leave work and we're involved in our communities. We just try to take care of people. For more information on the VFW National Awards for Public Servants, go to vfw754.org. For Mountaintop News, I'm Breanna Robinson.