Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
The late chief began his career in 1984 with the Albuquerque Fire Department and was later tapped to take the reins of Fire Engineering magazine
“I deeply appreciate the efforts of the firefighters who worked through the night to put out a fire at our son’s house,” Warren said. “I am grateful that everyone is safe.”
Firefighter Jeff Beach used his belt as a tourniquet to stop the woman’s bleeding
Thalia Rodriguez was on her way to do a ridealong at a fire station when she saw a man bleeding along the roadside next to a crashed motorcycle
Crews spent three hours working to get the eight ducklings out of the drain
Michael Surrell jumped out of his car, ran into the neighbor’s house and up the steps to a thick cloud of smoke
J.J. Duffy saw the crash and several cars on fire; he stopped and treated burn victims until responders arrived
Thanks to quick thinking and action, the man can now go home to his wife and three kids
Firefighters pulled their money together for the trip and accompanied the students
River Laurence, 5, was diagnosed with stage-four high-risk neuroblastoma
A 4-month-old and 18-month-old were unresponsive when pulled from an overturned vehicle; Jamie Martinez said he never forgot his CPR training
Lt. Wayne Smith wasn’t supposed to be playing in a hockey game the night a man collapsed on a bench from a heart attack
Rene Gonzales was only two months on the job and driving home when he spotted a burning car
Holly Thomason, who was born with Cri-du-chat syndrome, grew up around the fire station and always wanted to become a paramedic
Chief John Litchford noticed a car parked beneath the bridge’s arches and a woman outside of the vehicle crying
The fire company heard about his wish to become a firefighter and decided to surprise the man on his birthday
A man was holding an infant on the third floor of an apartment building when crews arrived on scene
The two firefighters stopped and rendered aid when they noticed the car on fire on a highway
Jerome Roddenberry received 32 vials of antivenin at the hospital after a rattlesnake bit him on his hand
Capt. Leon Whitener had just gotten off work when he heard a fire call for a person trapped
The bus was driving down a highway when the back door swung open
Steven Pulido ran drills, wore custom-made firefighter gear and even put out a fire
A father tossed the baby from a second-floor apartment that was filling with smoke and flames
The five bystanders, including two nurses and an off-duty cop, were honored for their quick thinking and CPR that saved Lindsay Dyer’s life
Crews presented President Trump with what appeared to be an engraved ax decorated with red tassels
A 120-pound Great Dane dug itself a deep hole to try to escape the flames
Randolph Mantooth, who portrayed Johnny Gage, said responders saved his sister’s life in a 1987 car crash
The firefighter, who suffered a minor injury, woke up the residents
Yoda, the Labrador retriever, was spotted by two firefighters scouting locations for water rescue skills training
Dan Phillips, who lives nearby, jumped into action after seeing a garage engulfed in flames
Capt. Terry Welsh returned to police cars in front of his hotel after going for a run with his daughter; he knew something was wrong
Crews dedicated a new fire truck named after 10-year-old Colleen during a ceremony at the department
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