Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
With one hour until the wedding, Kirtland Fire Department firefighters with shop vacs, squeegees, mops and towels sprang into action
Mobile Firefighter Deandre Hartman suffered extreme burns during a fatal fire and could not attend his daughter’s school award ceremony
The crew of Parma Medic 3 rescued a trapped occupant during a basement fire
Jerri Sparks said firefighters made six trips at 3 a.m. to make sure she and her family were safe from her abusive husband
A photo posted on Facebook by the Sebastopol Fire Department shows firefighters seeking solace on the ground with a rock as a pillow
Lt. Dan LaBerge said one end of a yellow rope was around the man’s neck, the other secured to a nearby pole
After responding to a welfare call, the paramedics found the man had been having trouble paying his phone bill and doing other necessary activities
Officials said the force of the impact sent the vehicle careening into some nearby woods
Quiet Warrior
David Hayes and a registered nurse witnessed an impaired driver rear-end another driver, causing his car to flip seven times
Doctors said it’s a miracle Christina Kitcat is alive after the bullet tore through her arm and into her heart and lung
Mike Kordich, a California firefighter, was giving CPR to a badly wounded person when he was struck in the arm by a bullet
Reports said twelve firefighters were injured during the shooting, including two who were giving CPR and one who was shielding his wife
Firefighters from the Las Vegas Fire Department as well as off-duty concertgoers jumped into action to save as many lives as possible
Firefighter Steve Keyes said “I’ll be fine” when he was picked up by doctor and former firefighter Mike Brown
Several members of San Bernardino County Fire who attended the music festival helped evacuate the injured immediately after the shooting
Tony Little suffered burns on his body, broken bones and other injuries in a chemical explosion at a Tennessee Coca Cola plant
Los Angeles firefighter Robert Hayes was celebrating a friend’s birthday when the gunfire erupted
While being taken to a local hospital, firefighter-paramedic Austin Pugh and firefighter-EMT Dawson Beale helped give birth to a baby girl
After a family was unable to save their pets from a house fire, crews used their newly-donated animal oxygen masks to save the cats
Kris Hopkins was sitting along the beach with his family before he propelled himself out into the ocean toward the sobbing woman
From the longest journey to the longest fire hose chain, these are some of the most impressive Guinness World Records in the fire service
The department gave Zac Yanch his own bunker gear, which his dad said he slept in most of the night
Lt. Brandon Anderson was riding his motorcycle when a truck veered into his lane, sending him hurtling onto the pavement
“John Cosmo is the cream of the crop and a true gentleman in every respect,” said former Hyannis Fire Department Chief Harold Brunelle,
Crews delivered baby Timothy with an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck
Captain Dave Galbraith took an elevator to his colleague’s office when he felt pressure coming from his torso
The responding crew decided to make the elderly woman dinner after responding to her accidental alert
Steve Goodwin said he rammed the gate after someone at the house refused to open it
Michael Dimond had just finished a game when his friend collapsed on the ice
EMT Jim White pulled the driver out of the car after she hit the back of a propane truck
Lt. Jason Czora began his trip on August 17 at the Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial in Colorado and ended 1,565 miles later in New York
“Chokes me up. This is so cool, these boys are all the way from California,” Twitter user Franco Powers said
Fire crews and police took an armored vehicle through the city to reach the woman’s house