HeroesGreen Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay firefighters got a dog out of a bedroom fire
Crews found the fire in a third-floor bedroom on West Walnut Street, put it out, and rescued a dog. Nobody was hurt.
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HeroesCheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne firefighters used a ladder truck to reach a driver stuck in floodwater
A broken water main flooded Gregg Way before dawn. The driver climbed onto the stuck truck, and Cheyenne Fire Rescue brought him down with an aerial ladder. No one was hurt.
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HeroesIowa City, Iowa
Iowa City honored Jacob Gilmore for pulling a firefighter from a collapse
Jacob Gilmore received the Iowa City Fire Department's Medal of Bravery after he pulled a colleague out from under a collapsed floor during a July house fire.
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HeroesFall River, Massachusetts
Fall River police, firefighters, and paramedics restarted a patient's heart
On Oct. 24, police started CPR and used a defibrillator on a 64-year-old in cardiac arrest. Paramedics and a fire engine crew continued care until a pulse returned, and the patient went to the cath lab.
Verified · Fall River Reporter
HeroesPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Firefighters brought a man out a second-floor window on Pittsburgh's North Side
Crews reached a Concord Street house at 6:30 a.m. and took one man out through a second-floor window. Another person left by the back door. Neither stayed for medics, and no firefighter was hurt.
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HeroesFolsom, California
Folsom officers kept CPR going until a patient was awake again
Officers Chernyavskiy and Sena started CPR at a September cardiac arrest. Folsom firefighters joined them, the patient regained circulation, and was awake before leaving for the hospital.
Verified · Folsom Times
HeroesNorth Hills, Los Angeles
Los Angeles firefighters pulled three people from the Pacoima Wash
In the North Hills rain, LAFD crews took a woman from the wash in stable condition, lifted a man out by helicopter, and hoisted another man off a bridge abutment. A reported fourth person was already ashore.
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