10/5/16
by News Department on 10/05/16Firefighters Honored...
The Lehigh Valley Health Network held its annual “Spirit of Courage” awards ceremony to recognize those who have saved lives from fires or burns in the past year.
Several firefighters from Schuylkill County were among those awarded. Firefighters Brendon Firestine and Charles Barnes with the Mountaineer Hose Company, along with Bill Atkinson with the Minersville Fire Rescue, were three of the men being honored after they put their lives at risk to save the life of a woman during a fire that broke out inside a three-story apartment building, in Minersville, on Good Friday.
Those firefighters found the woman unconscious in one of the units and got her out. The victim was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital with severe burns.
The money raised from the event goes to benefit the Burn Prevention Network which launched the Spirit of Courage awards with the Lehigh Valley Health Network in 2006.
