Ashley the pit bull didn’t have an easy life. Her previous owners hardly fed her, rarely took her outside, and abandoned her in the middle of a storm. Luckily, No More Pain Rescue cofounder Erica Mahnken and her fiancé, Michael Favor, found the one-year-old dog in January 2017. “We got a phone call from somebody …
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The Milwaukee Fire Department named bus driver Chanaye Brown “honorary chief of the day” after rushing into a burning apartment and saving the lives of its residents. On January 5, Brown was driving late at night along Route 12 when she noticed flames coming from an apartment’s window near 79th and Hampton in Milwaukee. Brown …
Three incoming freshmen from South Paulding High School are receiving praise and admiration for rising to the occasion, saving the life and home of a stranger. Ryan Seymour, Kai Keller, and Pearson Blair were hanging out in their Villa Rica neighborhood in Paulding County, Georgia, last Friday. The young heroes noticed smoke heard the window …
Becoming a firefighter used to be regarded as a male-only profession, but times have changed. As society continually progresses, more and more organizations are embracing gender equity in the workplace. And the Pasadena Fire Department is proud to announce that they are one of its proponents. The team just made history when an all-woman firefighting …