The American Legion recognized two Colleton County Firefighters for their heroic actions during a rescue in June 2024 at Edisto Beach. Firefighter-Paramedic Robert Jennings and Firefighter-EMT Tyler Allen responded to a person in distress in the Atlantic Ocean while staffing Medic 20. On arrival, the two discovered a woman caught in a rip current. They donned life vests and swam out to the woman, then pulled her to shore. The woman went into cardiac arrest shortly thereafter and the two along with Edisto Beach firefighters and police officers successfully resuscitated the woman. She was flown by C.A.R.E. Flight to the Trauma Center at MUSC, where she made a full recovery. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton accompanied them to Columbia for the awards ceremony .
