April 2023 Employee of the Month - Brian Nilson

Brian Nilson is our April 2023 Employee of the Month.

Brian is an Advanced EMT and Firefighter for the Santaquin fire department and has been on the department for six years. He is a great asset to the department running on numerous ambulance and fire calls. Brian is also a Diesel Mechanic. He has been able to repair and maintain the firetrucks and ambulances to ensure they are safe to respond.

Brian has been honored to respond on a couple fire deployments to California and was able to help provide aid for their wildland fires.

Serving the last two years as president, Brian has had a few roles on the Santaquin Fire and EMS Association. He has played an instrumental part in planning many Memorial Day breakfast events as well as the 9/11 events.

Brian is a soldier in the Army National Guard and was deployed to the middle east for 11 months. He has responded to state-sided deployments providing aid with flooding and removing many large trees during the terrible windstorm in the Salt Lake area. Brian enjoys being able to serve his city, state, and country. His Master Sargent in the National Guard stated, “Brian is an outstanding Soldier. He has moved up the ranks from E1 to E6 in a short amount of time. He is 100% dedicated to his job in the military and does it with a smile on his face. He is currently serving as a Staff Sergeant, which entails overseeing five Soldiers. He also runs many engineer missions. He is a subject matter expert in his job and is one of the best Soldiers I have led. He has deployed in support of Operation Ending Freedom to Kuwait and has deployed stateside supporting Colorado floods, Utah floods and Utah windstorm.”

Brian grew up in Payson, Utah. He graduated from UVU with his associates in Diesel Mechanics Technology at UVU and started his career as a Diesel Mechanic. He currently works for Alpine School District repairing and maintaining their school buses.

Brian married his high school sweetheart Ruth. They have been married for almost 20 years, have four kids and live in Santaquin. He loves to spend time with his family. When he is not busy working, he loves camping, fishing, hiking, and hunting with his family and friends.

Brian loves to help and serve others. He enjoys working for the Santaquin Fire Department and loves the comradery the fire family provides.

Thank you, Brian, for your service with Santaquin City. You are making a difference.