| Trooper John Sumter Horton | North Carolina Highway Patrol |
| Captain Reginald Kamal Smith | Wilson Police Department |
| Eddie Dewayne Fender | Asheville Fire Department |
| June McNeil, Jr | Pine Terrace Volunteer Fire Department |
| Correctional Officer III Helen Mae Smith | NC Department of Public Safety |
| Chief James V. Radford | Polly Watson Volunteer Fire Department |
| Battalion Chief Mark C. Holt | Thomasville Fire and Rescue |
| Gary G. Butner | Gumtree Fire & Rescue |
| Detective Michael W. Godwin | New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office |
| Captain David “Pumper” S. Holmes | LaGrange Fire Department |
| K9 Major | Franklin County Sheriff’s Office |
| Fire Chief John R. Stroup | Salem Fire & Rescue |
| Police Officer Roy Andrew Barr | Caycee Police Department |
| Firefighter Brandon S. Yaeger | Bethany Volunteer Fire Department |
| Deputy Sheriff Austin Derek Aldridge | Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, SC |
| Sergeant Matthew Ryan Fisherman | Wayne County Sheriff’s Office |
| Deputy Sheriff Ned P. Byrd | Wake County Sheriff’s Offfice |
| Master Police Officer Tyrell Owens-Riley | Columbia Police Department, SC |
| Detention Corporal Gregory Thomas Horne, Sr. | Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office |
| Captain Kenneth Roy Sott | Summerville Fire & Rescue |
| Robert Swink | Greensboro Fire Department |
| K9 Pepper | Greenville Police Department |
| Jeff Lyons | Asheville Fire Department |
| Deputy Sheriff José Angel DeLeon | Warren County Sheriff’s Office |
| Deputy Sheriff Oscar Yovani Bolanos-Anavisca, Jr | Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office |
