Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
Video shows the thrashing storm as Rudd Firefighter Tyler Hicks kept the siren going to warn the community
Dozens lined the streets to cheer for firefighters and wave flags and banners as a procession of fire engines moved through town
Catholic chaplain Mychal Judge was killed as he prayed with rescuers in the World Trade Center North Tower
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
Crews contacted a firefighter who owns the same model vehicle and learned that to unlock the car they would have to get the remote out of the car
A 9-year-old girl was badly hurt after a man threw a large rock at her family’s car; it crashed through the windshield and struck her in the face
Crews used a saw to make several incisions in the plastic; the cuts relieved the pressure and they were able to release the 4-year-old’s finger
