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FIRST PLACE: “Scrambling Off Burning Roof”

(Right) “Scrambling Off Burning Roof” captures the severe conditions Billings, MT Local 521 fire fighters faced when battling a structure fire. The captain of Local 521 is seen removing his mask due to extremely low visibility and low air.

Billings Gazette
Photo by: David Grubbs
Submitted by: Billings, MT Local 521

SECOND PLACE: “Dog Rescued From Ice”

(Left) In “Dog Rescued From Ice,” the Kingston Fire and Rescue ice rescue crew saves a Walking Hound from the icy Cataraqui River.

Kingston Whig-Standard
Photo by: Ian MacAlpine
Submitted by: Kingston, ON Local 498

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“Dog Rescue”

(Right) “Dog Rescue” is a heart-warming picture of Council Bluffs, Iowa fire fighter Tim Waller handing seven-year-old Cody Eccles one of three dogs rescued from a burning house.

Daily Nonpareil
Photo by: Ben DeVries
Submitted by: Council Bluffs, IA Local 15

“Life Rescue”

(Left) In “Life Rescue,” Los Angeles, CA Local 112 members work together to save the lives of three women suffering from smoke inhalation and in full cardiac arrest after being pulled from their burning house.

Los Angeles Firefighter
Photo by: Martin Nate Rawner
Submitted by: Los Angeles City, CA Local 112

“Blaze Guts Home”

(Right) “Blaze Guts Home” illustrates the bravery of a Central York, ON Local 2511 fire fighter as he attempts to put out a house fire. The fire was so fierce, it raised the possibility of evacuating nearby buildings.

Era-Banner Newspaper
Photo by: Bill Roberts
Submitted by: Central York, ON Local 2511

“Calming Influence”

(Left) “Calming Influence” depicts Racine Fire Captain Mike Irish using a stuffed toy to help calm an 18-month-old child after a rollover car accident.

The Journal Times
Photo by: Timothy J. Stein
Submitted by: Racine, WI Local 321

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