Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
The IAFC award honors a firefighter for their expert training, professional service and dedication to the duty displayed in saving a human life
Shasta Lake Hotshots member Robby Burns is taking a special item with him to the Games
Respect and admiration for one of us is respect and admiration for all of us
Eric Bonnell, who always dreamed of being a firefighter, got to ride a fire truck, salute firefighters and put out a fire
The two firefighters were on vacation when they noticed smoke; they saved the woman and her three dogs before crews arrived
The firefighter saw the limo crash into a median and flip over; one person was killed and six were injured
Riley Ruppert-Richedollar wore PPE, fought a fire and became an honorary member of the department
The woman was trapped in the flaming vehicle after being involved in a three-car crash; the deputies busted a window out of the car and pulled the woman out
A fellow firefighter snapped a photo of the captain carrying the flag out of a massive recycling plant fire
The firefighter paid the bill after responding to a call at the home; the electricity had been cut off and the teen had limited time left in the batteries of the ventilator
Danny Lovato shared his mask with a 65-year-old woman who had been preparing to jump from a burning apartment building
The firefighter climbed a ladder to a burning third-floor apartment to share his mask with the woman; both are being treated for smoke inhalation
The Marion County, Fla. fire captain stuck out his arm to stop a baseball bat that flew into the crowd from his hitting his son’s head
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The firefighter paid the bill after responding to a call at the home; the family has a child who needs a ventilator to breathe and had fallen behind on payments
The bag valve mask obscured the victim’s face while his firefighter son performed CPR
Kyle Wilson, 24, died while searching for residents in a 3-alarm house fire in 2007
The father-son firefighting duo said they did what anyone would do
Volunteer firefighters fought the flames and used a wheelchair to get the woman out from her home
Crews were glad the department had invested in the training and equipment that made the rescues possible
Crews conducted a confined space rescue and firefighters were lowered with ropes to retrieve the puppy
The teens were conscious and alert when they were helped back onto dry land and are recovering at a hospital
Trainee Keenan Smith, 26, saw a man collapse on the street and performed CPR
They broke through the trailer’s siding and found the woman on a bed in cardiac arrest; they pulled her outside and started CPR
Keith Mills’ actions saved the woman’s life and her family found him on Facebook to thank him
The 73-year-old man hit a patch of ice, which made his car veer off the road and land upside down in a frozen pond
Aaron Cater, 4, decided a year ago that he wanted to be a firefighter and frequently visits the Port Arthur Fire Department
The two-story home will have four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms when finished
The homeowner said a homeless man may have slipped into the building and started a fire, but it has not been confirmed yet
The firefighters took the dog to their firehouse, where they bandaged and cared for her and named her Khaleesi, after a Game of Thrones character
Paul Blanford heard a noise while he was a giving his kids a bath; he went outside and saw a semi truck crashed right down the road from his house
The crew was returning to its station when they saw an elderly homeless man walking slowly on the side of a freeway overpass
Nick Toscano, 41, collapsed on the kitchen floor and his neighbor called 911; the call went out as a cardiac arrest for a man with no pulse or heartbeat
