Acts of Courage Awards: Categories and Qualifications

Medalist Hero: A Summit County citizen who puts their life at risk to save the life of another or assist in a life threatening situation (examples: running into a burning house; pulling someone out of a burning car; rescuing someone drowning, etc.)
Distinguished Hero: A Summit County Citizen who saves the life of another or assists in a life threatening situation (examples: performs CPR, choking maneuver; administers First Aid, etc.)
Professional Rescue Hero: A professional worker who goes above and beyond the call of duty to save the life of another while on the job; this includes those individuals who volunteer their services (examples: firemen, policemen, paramedics, nurses, doctors, etc.). These will be chosen by a professional peer review committee.
Animal Hero: An animal who deserves recognition for assisting in saving the life of a human (examples: police dog who saves a handler, seeing eye dog who rescues an owner, etc.).

Hero Qualifications

The criteria applicable to all four are:

The nominee lives or works in Summit County
The event occurred in the calendar year prior to the celebration
The event itself could have occurred either inside or outside of Summit County as long as the citizen is from the area