South Carolina H 4208: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, WHICH TOGETHER ENUMERATE OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, AND TO PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017, AS "LIBERTY DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

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2025-2026 Bill 4208 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 25, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4208

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A house RESOLUTION

To recognize and honor Danny Hyatt, 
a paramedic with the Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services, and to 
congratulate him on being named the 2024 Paramedic of the Year.

Whereas, in proud tradition of the sons of South Carolina, Danny 
Hyatt joined the South Carolina Army National Guard in Eastover in 2015 before 
graduation from high school, and he has served there to the present as a combat 
medic specialist. After graduating in 2016 with high honors from Andrew Jackson 
High School in Kershaw, he joined Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services (LCEMS); 
and

Whereas, as he began his service with the National Guard, he was an 
honor graduate of Basic Combat Training in 2016. He earned the Army 
Commendation Medal twice, in July 2020 and August 2022, and proudly served a tour 
of duty in Kuwait, being promoted to sergeant in September 2021; and

Whereas, Mr. Hyatt earned certification as a national registry 
emergency medical technician-advanced in 2018 from Lenoir Community College in Kinston, 
North Carolina. In 2019, he earned national registry emergency medical 
technician-paramedic certification from the South Carolina Midlands EMS in West 
Columbia. He earned an associate degree of applied science in emergency medical 
technology cum laude from Horry-Georgetown Technical College in 2020 and a 
bachelor's degree summa cum laude in emergency medical services administration from 
Columbia Southern University in 2024; and

Whereas, as a field training specialist, he trains new hires and 
assists with inservice training classes for continuing education. He is a 
Lancaster County tactical medic, a member of the LCEMS Honor Guard, a member of 
the Always Ready Emergency Troupe, and an emergency medical technician (EMT) 
Boot Camp instructor. He assists in teaching the EMT class at the local high 
school and is the Bike Team coordinator and a lead instructor in the local 
First Responder Program. He was promoted recently to teach the very first in-house 
paramedic course in the State; and

Whereas, teaching a wide range of paramedic students from various branches 
of the military, Sergeant Hyatt uses highly advanced audio, visual, and 
environmental special effects to enhance the realism of training, teaching his 
students advanced trauma procedures and using perfused human cadaver specimens. 
He has been a spirited advocate for the state's implementation of cutting edge 
tactical combat casualty care training techniques that can revolutionize the delivery 
of medical training; and

Whereas, Sergeant Hyatt's contributions have played a pivotal role in 
ensuring that military families will be reunited with their loved ones at the 
end of an overseas deployment. His influence on the future of medical training 
and the knowledge he has imparted to his students have made a profound impact, 
extending across the globe wherever those students are deployed; and

Whereas, recently with Lancaster County EMS during a cardiac-arrest 
call, he was attacked by a dog while treating the patient during a very busy 
time when all other trucks were out on calls. He and his EMT partner managed to 
get themselves and the patient in the back of their ambulance where it was 
safe. They headed to the hospital Code 3 traffic, and about six miles into 
transport, the tire blew on the ambulance, and they were stranded. His patient 
care and composure never altered, and moments later, another truck was able to 
meet them, and they swapped ambulances and resumed transport; and

Whereas, in spite of working a very heavy schedule as a paramedic, Mr. 
Hyatt is dedicated to helping others. He volunteered to take supplies to the North 
Carolina mountains in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and took part recently in 
the Polar Plunge to raise money for local children with special needs; and 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the 
high standard that Danny Hyatt sets first and foremost for himself and for 
those around him, a soul who has been faithful to his earthly calling as a 
paramedic in order to protect the citizens of Lancaster County. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South 
Carolina House of Representatives, by this 
resolution, recognize and honor Danny Hyatt, a paramedic with the Lancaster 
County Emergency Medical Services, and congratulate him on being named the 2024 
Paramedic of the Year.

Be it further resolved that a copy 
of this resolution be presented to Danny Hyatt.

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