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Byline: Ed Lewis Jun. 3A large stable barn that once stood at Luzerne Avenue and Linden Street in West Pittston burned to the ground March 24, 1907, killing three horses [...]

Fourth annual contest to honor a service member or frontline worker -Award presented July 4 at the Wawa Welcome America Festival in Philadelphia- BOCA RATON, Fla., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ [...]

Byline: Cathy Dyson Feb. 23Two local residents received the 2022 Governor's Fire Service Awards on Wednesday for their work in raising awareness of the risks of occupational cancer firefighters face. [...]

Byline: James Mayse Jan. 21Jordan Thomas became interested in being a firefighter right out of high school, when a friend interested him in joining the St. Joseph Volunteer Fire Department. [...]

Byline: Jessica Orozco Dec. 10BATH TOWNSHIP Bath Township Firefighter of the year Emergency Medical Services Provide of the Year and more were announced Friday evening at Union Chapel Missionary church. [...]

Byline: Craig Kelly Oct. 28LIMA It is an honor that goes back a half-century, and on Thursday, Lima firefighter Emily Bowsher had her name added to the list of those [...]

Byline: Trevor Hubert Oct. 29LIMA Every year, the Lima Noon Sertoma Club partners with the Lima Fire Department to recognize one of their own for outstanding service to the department [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 6, 2022-: London Fire Brigade Firefighter Named Rising Star (C)1994-2022 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:06052022 * Rebecca Rowe, a Firefighter for London Fire Brigade has been named 'Firefighter Rising Star [...]

Byline: Hannah Shirley May 16After a difficult year and an act of selflessness, a Grand Forks firefighter has been recognized as the National VFW's Firefighter of the Year. Grand Forks [...]

Byline: Jill Moon Apr. 23SPRINGFIELD The annual Illinois Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Firefighter Medal of Honor Awards Ceremony is now set for Friday, Sept. 10. The Fallen Firefighter Memorial service [...]

Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 29--LIMA -- Growing up, Brad Miller never dreamed of being a firefighter. In his late 20s, he was working a factory job he hated when relatives [...]

Byline: Greg Sowinski June 05--LIMA -- A Shawnee Township firefighter known for his passion for the job was chosen as the Shawnee Optimist Club's Respect for Law Award winner Wednesday. [...]

Byline: Mark Zaretsky April 04--WEST HAVEN -- West Haven Fire Department Firefighter Joshua Schroder doesn't think he did anything out of the ordinary last April 15 when he ended up [...]

Byline: Abby Tonsing Jan. 31--Two firefighters who broke into a smoke-filled house and pulled a man to safety have been named Monroe County's Firefighters of the Year for 2013. Guided [...]

Byline: Greg Smith Nov. 08--NEW LONDON -- The New London VFW has named city firefighters Michael Coleman and Michael Kuchyt the Firefighters of the Year. The two will be among [...]

Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 29--LIMA -- Matt Parker is the latest firefighter to be named the Sertoma Club's Firefighter of the Year. The 34-year-old Parker was presented with the award [...]

Byline: Molly Phipps Oct. 16--Going out on CPR calls. Responding to kitchen fires. Attending daily classes. Saving lives. And sometimes, cutting the grass. These are just some of the duties [...]

Byline: Linda N. Weller May 14--SPRINGFIELD -- State officials honored 11 Alton firefighters Thursday in Springfield for saving the life of a woman who was unresponsive when the rescuers arrived [...]

Byline: Dan Scanlan March 25--A veteran Navy flier whose lifelong passion for firefighting saw him volunteer with fire departments as he rose in the ranks from Annapolis through to Jacksonville [...]

Byline: Anna Isaacs March 04--NEW LONDON -- At the annual Firefighters Day celebration on Sunday afternoon, Larry Cochran Sr. was the only absent honoree. Cochran died in January before he [...]

Byline: Wayne Heilman Nov. 08--Firefighters who put out the Waldo Canyon fire and a nonprofit group set up after to help the rebuilding efforts were honored Wednesday evening by the [...]

Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 24--LIMA -- When Lima firefighters wanted exercise equipment at the station to use when they had free time, Ed Hower helped make it a reality. Hower, [...]

Byline: Sean Carlin Oct. 13--After getting out of the Air Force in 1972, Henry 'Harry' Magee wasn't considering a career in the fire service. 'I went to have coffee with [...]

Byline: Sean Carlin Sept. 21--Officer Montess Trapp of the Upper Darby Police Department didn't think about what could happen to him as he raced into a burning home while on [...]

Byline: Ike Wilson Aug. 27--Story after story of firefighter bravery, compassion and heroism was recounted Sunday at the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Service's annual Meritorious Service Awards [...]

Byline: William Kaempffer June 19--Gysel Montufar, a Hillhouse senior, will attend Manhattanville College in New York. She attended the banquet with her parents and sister. She is shown at left, [...]

May 11--The Cherryville Fire Department's junior firefighter program has been named the National Volunteer Fire Council's Junior Firefighter Program of the Year. The annual award honors a junior program that [...]

Byline: Karen Florin March 12--NEW LONDON -- The men and women who run into burning buildings and provide patients with a comforting pat on the shoulder while providing them with [...]

Byline: Bart Mills Oct. 26--LIMA -- Rich Deubler didn't grow up wanting to be a firefighter, but those who know and work with him will tell you it's a job [...]

Byline: Bart Mills Oct. 25--LIMA -- Rich Deubler didn't grow up wanting to be a firefighter, but those who know and work with his will tell you it's a job [...]

Byline: Jeff Reinitz Oct. 17--WATERLOO. IOWA -- Growing up in Clermont, Joshua Heller was no stranger to fire fighting. His father was a volunteer on the town's fire department, and [...]

Byline: Ronnie Thomas April 17--FALKVILLE -- A firefighter, believing his son was inside a car engulfed in flames, kept his composure and fought the blaze. Only later did Ray Williams, [...]

Byline: Lance Benzel Feb. 19--In the darkness of a blazing home filled with impenetrable black smoke, two Colorado Springs firefighters could see no farther than the masks that allowed them [...]

Byline: Amie Steffen Jan. 19--HUDSON, Iowa -- He may have won Firefighter of the Year because of his personable demeanor. He may have won the title because he applied for [...]

Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 27--LIMA -- When the Lima Fire Department was looking to add ambulance service, firefighter Terry Sroufe took it upon himself to go to college for paramedic [...]

Oct. 16--A 10-year veteran of the Oxnard Fire Department who works at the county's busiest fire station has been named the agency's firefighter of the year, officials said. Capt. Aaron [...]

Byline: Michael Brocker Sept. 16--There were moments when Upper Darby Police Officer Raymond Blohm thought about quitting his dream job and never returning to the streets again. 'I had doubts [...]

Byline: John Scheibe Aug. 28--Graham Dunbar had no idea he would soon be running for his life when he crawled into the back of a pickup truck's cab a year [...]

Byline: Ronnie Thomas Apr. 18--When members of the Trinity Volunteer Fire Department arrived at a Mason Drive residence in the early morning hours of Nov. 30, flames shot from bedroom [...]

Byline: Dan Scanlan Mar. 9--The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department honored its own Friday during its annual awards ceremony at the Firefighters Union Hall on Stockton Street. The 2009 Firefighter [...]

Byline: Dan Scanlan Mar. 8--The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department honored its own Friday during its annual awards ceremony at the Firefighters Union Hall on Stockton Street. The 2009 Firefighter [...]

Byline: Jeff Shields Feb. 16--Philadelphia firefighters over the weekend cited 32 colleagues for lifesaving actions and honored three others, including the first firefighter to be promoted posthumously under a law [...]

Byline: Jeff Reinitz Oct. 20--WATERLOO -- A Waterloo native who realized his childhood dream five years ago has been named Firefighter of the Year for 2009. 'I wanted to be [...]

Jul. 15--The Bloomington Township fire chief was recently honored as the State of Indiana Firefighter of the Year awarded by the American Legion. Faron Livingston, whose served as chief for [...]

Byline: Anthony A. Mestas May 30--CROWLEY -- Two volunteer firefighters who were killed when their truck plummeted off a highway left bare by a burned-out bridge were each given a [...]