An officer with the Lisle (IL) Police Department is being lauded as a hero in the community after he rushed into a burning building, remerging into the safety of the outside with a 14-year-old boy in his arms.
The vehicle was smoldering as the officers pulled the man from the wreck. But they were able to get him to safety before the car was engulfed in flames.
Officers with the New Rochelle (NY) Police Department are being lauded for their heroic rescue of residents trapped inside a building fully engulfed in flames.
An officer with the Butte (MT) Police Department is being hailed for rescuing a woman who was trapped inside a vehicle fully engulfed in flames.
LT. David Grogan began calling out to the trapped residents when he heard a woman respond and then crawled onto the balcony and into the burning apartment to locate her. He found the woman and pulled her onto the balcony where firefighters were waiting. Lieutenant Grogan helped lower the woman onto a fire truck ladder where she was helped to safety.
An officer with the Socorro (TX) Police Department rushed into a mobile home fully engulfed in flames and thick smoke to rescue an eight-year-old boy trapped inside.
Officers with the Miami-Dade Police Department were among the very first on scene of a fire in a dwelling in which a victim was suspected to still be inside.
An officer with the Astoria (OR) Police Department is being heralded as a hero for his quick actions late last week that are now only becoming public knowledge.
An officer with the Willoughby Hills (OH) Police Department was hurt Saturday night after he pulled a man from a fiery crash that happened during a vehicle pursuit.
An officer with the Sturgeon Bay (WI) Police Department is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a disabled man trapped in a burning apartment complex.