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  • Portsmouth medic, state trooper get Va. honors

    09/08/2010 10:45:10 PM PDT · by UncleHambone · 1 replies
    PilotOnline.com ^ | September 9, 2010 | Lauren King
    A Portsmouth tactical team medic and a Virginia State Police trooper, who rescued a child on the Eastern Shore, were honored Wednesday by the governor with a Meritorious Service Medal and a Medal of Valor. .... Yates was honored with a Meritorious Service Medal for treating two other Portsmouth officers while under fire during a stand-off on Feb. 27, 2009 in Churchland. While on the scene, the man barricaded inside fired on the officers, seriously wounding two. .... Johnson was recognized with a Medal of Valor for his rescue of a 15-month-old child who was trapped in a burning, overturned...
  • Abused Canine Rescues Owner From Burning Mobile Home Twice

    11/25/2007 5:11:11 AM PST · by ShadowDancer · 38 replies · 1,156+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | November 25, 2007 | AP
    Abused Canine Rescues Owner From Burning Mobile Home TwiceSunday, November 25, 2007 BOISE, Idaho — Candace Jennings rescued Anna, an abused stray dog, from the animal shelter. During a Thanksgiving Day fire, Anna returned the favor — twice. Anna, a blond heeler, nudged Jennings about 3:30 a.m., whining and howling. Jennings, who had fallen asleep on the couch, awoke to find her mobile home engulfed in flames. "Anna woke me up," Jennings said. "I had an awful headache. The place was filled with smoke." Jennings and Anna ran outside, but then Jennings remembered items she couldn't let burn. "I'm a...
  • Rescued Dog Saves Owner From Idaho Fire [twice!]

    11/25/2007 5:53:00 AM PST · by Daffynition · 4 replies · 103+ views
    AP ^ | Nov 24, 2007 | staff reporter
    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Sometimes rescuers need to be rescued, too. Candace Jennings was sleeping on the couch when she was nudged awake by her dog, Anna, to find her mobile home engulfed in flames early Thanksgiving Day. The blond heeler, an abused stray dog Jennings had adopted from an animal shelter, whined and howled until they ran outside. "I had an awful headache. The place was filled with smoke," she told the Idaho Statesman for a story published Saturday. But Jennings said she ran back into her burning home to save some items. "I'm a janitor in town," she...
  • Good News Report from Lake Havasu City (vanity)

    06/30/2007 4:19:12 PM PDT · by Neil E. Wright · 13 replies · 505+ views
    Local scanner | 6/30/07 | Neil E. Wright
    On Thursday, I was helping my gun guy at his store, when the FD toned out a medical assist call for an 18 month old drowning victim at one of the local beaches. While the fire rescue unit was enroute to the location, dispatch keep them updated on the attempts to resusitate the baby by bystanders. The fire rescue unit reported arrival at the scene, and the radio became quiet for what seemed to be an eternity. Finally, approximately 10-12 minutes after the unit reported arrival call, the unit at the scene radioed dispatch: "Ambulance enroute to hospital with medic...