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Cherokee County Firefighters To Host Charity Golf Tournament
(Canton Patch) - Cherokee County firefighters will be hosting a Golf Tournament on October 20th to benefit the Cherokee County Firefighter Relief Fund. The tournament will be held at the Callahan Golf Links, located at 4991 Reinhardt College Parkway, in Waleska, Georgia. The Shotgun Start Scramble will begin at 9 [...]
3 boys thank firefighters after rescue from accidentally locked safe
(Detroit News) - It was a hot 12 minutes, Sunday afternoon, as Sterling Heights firefighters sawed and pried, working to rescue three little boys, all 3 or 4 years of age, from the human-size gun safe they managed to lock themselves into. The 911 call on the incident came in about [...]
Firefighters Save High School Homecoming Dance
(WISN) - Members of the Greenfield Fire Department over the weekend sprang into action for a unique rescue. Students from Whitnall High School were enjoying their homecoming dance on Saturday night when suddenly the entire venue lost power. Firefighters moved in to save the day - and the dance - by [...]
NC soldier rescues woman from burning car, minutes before explosion
(FOX 8) - A quick-thinking North Carolina soldier put his military training to the test Monday evening when he saved a mother-of-two from a burning car and used his body to shield her from exploding debris, WBTV reports. Staff Sgt. Cory Hinkle was driving home from his National Guard base in Charlotte when [...]
VIDEO: Atlanta Police officers save two people from burning car
(FOX 5) - Several quick-thinking police officers are being credited with saving two lives after a fiery crash in northeast Atlanta. Early Wednesday morning, a vehicle struck the barricades under the Interstate 85 overpass on Cheshire BridgeRoad. Atlanta police officers responded to the scene and saw the car smoldering. "It's not always about catching [...]
Off Duty Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy saves two drowning children
(WGNS Radio) - Rescuing two young sisters from a potential drowning earned School Resource Officer Jeff DeGennaro the Officer of the Month award in August from Ford of Murfreesboro. SRO DeGennaro was off duty at his subdivision swimming pool when he saw the two sisters estimated to be 3 and [...]