Firefighter Heroes
Featured stories about firefighters who go above and beyond the call of duty.
The medal is named after Battalion Chief Thomas J. Neary who worked in the Bronx and Harlem during years of increased fire activity
Learn how a service dog helps a wildland firefighter and EMT manage her anxiety, interrupt nightmares and perform deep-pressure therapy
Cobb County firefighters, police officer helped a young boy reach his dream of becoming a first responder
Columbia Fire Department Captain Kareem Spain and Kiah Thomas were playing a pickup game with some high school students when a teen collapsed
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Eddie Finn is going in alphabetic order and honoring one firefighter who lost their life while responding to 9/11 each day
Helmet cam footage shows firefighters saving a man they found trapped underneath the abandoned building’s foundation
Gold Ridge volunteer firefighters Tonia and Vail Bello were among hundreds of firefighters who responded during the initial hours of the Tubbs fire
Eugene Carroll has served over 70 years as a firefighter, starting in 1948
A man ran into a subway tunnel and then attempted suicide, prompting a frantic rush by emergency responders
Kansas City Fire Department responders helped Ken Hargis down from the attic and finished his insulation work afterwards
Tom Laumann was diagnosed with pneumonia with sepsis after suffering back spasms and a dry cough and became unable to breathe
Firefighters knew one of the shooting victims was eight months pregnant and went inside before police arrived “because they knew they could make a difference”
Jeremy Bourasa jumped into his turnout gear and “stepped on the first truck that was heading out” when a mutual aid call came in before his reception
Jerome McIntee was driving to pick up his son when he saw a woman half in and half out of an SUV afloat in a deep pond
Da’Von McRae pulled Bettye Carter to safety after a senior living building went up in flames
Students at Spanish Oaks Elementary School thanked the firefighters for battling the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain Fires with heartfelt notes
Two Aurora firefighters detained Lester Bernard when he was pursued out into the parking lot of the bank, and kept him there until police arrived
The first-day of issue ceremony was held at the Aerial Fire Depot and Smokejumper Center, home to the nation’s largest training center for parachute firefighters
Off-duty West Allis firefighter Chad Staszak was praised by West Bend Police Chief Kenneth Meuler, who told the mayor he “should be proud” to have Staszak serving the city
The Madison Fire Department crew found the 80-year-old man lying on the ground, and finished his yard work as he was transported to the hospital
A San Diego Fire-Rescue crew rescued the Army veteran from the second-story window of his burning apartment
In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, firefighters have been elevated in TV shows, movies and advertising as modern heroes
As firefighters battled a blaze, they heard yelling next door: It was the mother of a 21-year-old woman, saying her daughter was about to give birth
Luis Garcia’s South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
The 11 year old was playing in a flooded drainage ditch and got swept under the water
Firefighter-paramedic Raymond Miller, who served the Ashland Fire Department for over 30 years, was remembered as someone who inspired others
Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter-paramedic Jack Albert presented a special needs patient with a new bicycle after he was assaulted and his bike was stolen
A Utah firefighter, only identified as Patrick, adopted a German shepherd after a crew found him “huddled under a tree”
Enrico Trujillo rushed into a convenience store and protected a woman after a gunfight started outside of the store
Earlier in the day, the bride and groom and their wedding party took a trolley ride before their wedding when tragedy struck
Jacksonville Fire Station 1 firefighters were conducting elevator training near the Jacksonville Landing when they noticed people running from the area
Firefighters on the line in California and Oregon, who are “saving a lot, but losing a lot at the same time,” speak with FireRescue1 Executive Editor Marc Bashoor
Brett Read, who was severely burned and is now recovering at a hospital, said the “fire stood up and made a huge run” when his crew began to disengage
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