The 2019 Emergency Fire Dispatcher of the Year is Nicole McKeigue, a 911 telecommunicator 2 at the county’s Regional 911 Center. The 2019 Fire Professional is Allen Ahern, firefighter/paramedic at Treasure Island Fire Rescue, and the 2019 award for Special Operations goes to the Pinellas Park Fire Department’s Fire Tactical Medical Team, which includes Lt. Brian Davies, firefighter/emergency medical technician CJ Huffman, and firefighter/paramedics Tyler Coats, Ken Huertas and Jared Nestor.
All the 2019 professionals of the year were selected for their outstanding work on the job.
McKeigue was picked for the dispatcher award due to her “constant professionalism” with callers.