On March 23, 2023 dispatchers with the Rutherford County Sheriffs Office alerted Patrol Deputy Steve Hill along with Cpl. Ethen Shenefield and Deputy Jamie Murphy that resident Larry Adams was trapped in the back bedroom of a burning home on Double Springs Road. Deputy Hill was the first on-the-scene. He immediately climbed into the inferno to save the resident. Patrol Deputy Steve Hill received the Medal of Valor. Cpl. Ethen Shenefield and Deputy Jamie Murphy received the Life Savers Award.
