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Fire crews who got someone out of a fire, off a ladder, or through a call that needed them. 6 verified stories. Stories come from Cheyenne, Iowa City, and Fall River. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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HeroesA 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.
Verified · Cap City News
HeroesJacob 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.
Verified · KWWL
HeroesOn 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
HeroesCrews 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.
Verified · WPXI
HeroesOfficers 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
HeroesIn 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.
Verified · ABC7 Los Angeles