Every single firefighter passes as a hero
State and fire officials pushed shovels into the ground outside the Statehouse, symbolically breaking ground on what is to become a $1.1 million Fallen Firefighters Memorial. »
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006
Deaf Boy Recounts Rescue from Burning Home
When you see what remains of the Kearns home in Vallejo, the fact that 13-year-old Hobart Kearns survived is all the more amazing. Blackened windows are boarded up. The front yard is strewn with debris left from the weekend blaze. »
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006
Training, courage kick in for cop, firefighter who put lives on the line
Crawling through a burning building to reach a disoriented 50-year-old man who would have died if not for his heroics, off-duty Chicago Fire Department Lt. Joseph Kish could think of only one thing: “Here we go again.” »
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006
Firefighters rescue trapped man
Praising the near-Herculean efforts of the city’s two newest firefighters, Melrose Fire Chief John O’Brien described their amazing rescue of a man trapped on the second-floor of an apartment building Sunday night. »
Friday, Sep. 29, 2006
Using stethoscopes, Firefighters locate, rescue beloved Blacktop
There’s a lot more to being a firefighter than putting out fires. Just ask the folks at Richmond Fire Station No. 20–and one happy Richmonder named Eva Raymond. »
Elderly woman rescued as flats go up in flames
A FIRE which engulfed a block of flats may have been started by children. »
Monday, Sep. 25, 2006
Explosion hero saves 3 policemen
A HERO off-duty fireman saved the lives of three policemen when an electricity sub-station exploded. »
Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2006
Top bravery award for hero rescuer
A NEW South Wales firefighter who pulled a toddler from a blazing home in Sydney’s west while off duty has received the state’s highest award for bravery. »
Friday, Sep. 15, 2006
Hero firefighter just ‘followed voice’ of mom trapped in burning building
Firefighter John Scarangello’s keen ears and sharp instinct gave Tarika Tibbs a fighting chance Sunday afternoon. »
Honour for brave fire rescue heroes
FIREFIGHTERS who saved a woman trapped in her burning home will be honoured.
Six retained firefighters from South Street fire station will each receive a bravery commendation for the part they played in the dramatic rescue of Michaela Shortland from her smoke-filled bedroom as a fire blazed downstairs. »
Tuesday, Sep. 5, 2006
Firefighters rescue cats from blaze
Three cats are breathing easier after firefighters pulled them from a burning home early yesterday morning. »
Monday, Sep. 4, 2006
Woman rescued, cat resuscitated
FIREFIGHTER rescued a young woman and her cat from a fire that extensively damaged a home in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs this morning.
Two MFB crews arrived five minutes after the first report, soon discovering a woman trapped by the flames and thick black smoke in the long, narrow dwelling at the back of a hairdressers shop on Lower Dandenong Rd, Mordialloc, Operations Commander Colin Matheson said today. »
Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006
Disabled hero chases dream to be a hub firefighter
Brian Fountaine has “smoke in his blood,” a condition that was passed on to him by his father and grandfather, two Boston firefighters who spent their lives in service to our city. »
Firefighters raise money for terminally ill children
Firefighter Frank Liscio’s haircut may not have looked very becoming of a public servant, but serving the public was what his Mohawk was all about. »
Friday, Aug. 4, 2006
Family thankful for child’s rescue
Saturday, the Landy family of Mansfield made a special visit to the Mansfield Fire Station on North Main Street to thank five firefighters, who Angel Landy credits with saving her son, Michael’s, life. »
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006
Fire crew rescues Letitia, 9, from bike
A RUNCORN schoolgirl who trapped her foot in her bike was freed by firefighters using heavy duty rescue equipment. »
Thursday, Jul. 27, 2006
Puppy in danger becomes family’s ‘Angel’
A puppy caught in a storm drain 12 days ago met her rescuers Thursday at the Seguin Fire Department substation on Hwy. 46. »