Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
Kansas City Battalion Chief Todd Covington performed the Heimlich maneuver to save the life of a choking fan at a Washington Nationals baseball game
A worker at the Ephrata Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant fell 20-feet after the roof he was on gave out underneath him
Pennsylvania fire and EMS crews worked for an hour to free a worker’s hand
Henrico County firefighters manually pushed the person home after the chair malfunctioned in a Target parking lot
Firefighters said the two women, 87 and 89, did not realize how deep the water was on a flooded roadway
Stephen Cresci jumped into action when Juan Camacho, who was having dinner next to him, began choking on a piece of lamb
The first responders danced with girls who did not have a father at the South Salt Lake Valentine’s Day daddy-daughter dance
Troy Sheets is rehabilitating his shoulder after surgery, but he still took action and ran towards the apartment
Chris Quinlan was on his way to work when he witnessed a truck hit a road barrier before being hit by two semis, causing it to catch fire
Firefighter Tommy Maher decided he wanted to honor each of the 58 victims by performing random acts of kindness in their name
Grafton Fire Department volunteer firefighter Daniel Dowty resuscitated a coworker at his second job less than a month after becoming certified
Rick Rickerson leapt into action and pulled Rebecca Buchanan from her crushed vehicle, and was arrested when he refused to leave her side
Newark firefighter Paul Leber was released to continue recovery at home and was greeted by a crowd of colleagues cheering him on
Nampa Fire Department members used a ladder truck to rescue balloons that got stuck in a tree when Tessa Carlson released them for her daughter’s birthday
Danny Atlas said he saw his elderly neighbor “completely on fire” as she tried to extinguish her clothes with a water spigot
Bill Clayton, a wildland firefighting expert who saved countless lives and entire towns during a career that spanned 50 years, died of natural causes
David Dahlberg, a fire prevention technician with the U.S. Forest Service, was chosen to be one of President Trump’s guests at his speech before Congress
Recent academy graduate Dave Guzick and Steve Hayes, who recently finished probation, forced the apartment door open to rescue the victim
More than 60 firefighters were honored at a county meeting, including Captain Scott Stroup, who caught a baby from the third floor
Kevin Scott was passing by the home when he saw the fire and learned a child was inside
Quiet Warrior
Paramedics were also on hand while Ron Villemaire had a private showing of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Three off-duty first responders built the ramp for a girl with Spina bifida after responding to a medical call and seeing the unsafe ramp at her home
Kirk McKee said first responders are “here for all life” when asked about rescuing the blind Yorkie from the flames
Local officials said the community helped raise the $800 needed for the adaptable sled within hours
Scott Stroup met the Nelson family after catching 5-year-old Destiny, whose parents threw her from a third-floor window
Jeff Ricker rescued Otto Gorish from underneath a fallen door after he noticed the flames while driving past the home
After the firefighters extricated Kali Merickle from the car, they stepped in and finished moving the family into their new home
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue firefighters were visited by Michael, 4, who they helped perform CPR on when he became unconscious
The off-duty firefighter had been shopping but quickly joined a medical student to tend to the 5-year-old girl
Anissa Cruz, who is now a firefighter herself, presented Stephen McNally with her fire academy graduation coin as a thank you for saving her
The video shows Captain Scott Stroup standing ready under the balcony as a parent is forced to toss him a child from a ladder two stories up the building
Captain Jackie Peckrul caught the baby after frantic parents threw their children to safety from a third-floor apartment
Deputy Chief Glen Widener, Capt. Tyke Gaskell, engineer Dan Bass and firefighter Glenn Smith from Chelan County Fire District all hung up their helmets for good
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