Governor Walker declared September 27, 2018 as First Responders Appreciation Day. Our sister station NBC 15 visited the Sun Prairie Fire Department and the Middleton Police Department asking them to reflect on the appreciation they’ve seen after two tragic events hit their communities. "You get into this job to help people and that's exactly what we did on that day but you never really know what magnitude your response has on people,” said Middleton Police Sergeant Jessica Quamme. Sergeant Quamme said following the department’s active shooter response on September 19th they’ve received dozens of letters, and messages saying thank you. “We’re going to be healing from this for a while,” said Quamme, “The letters help because it shows that what we do matters.”