DC club names two firefighters of the year
Sgt. Danny McCoy, in the center, at the scene of the rescue last June 10. Click here to read the story.
From a DC Fire & EMS Department press release:
Two DC Firefighters have been named ‘Firefighter of the Year’ by the Capitol Hill Exchange Club. For extraordinary valor, the firefighters were officially recognized during a breakfast meeting this morning.
Sgt. Daniel McCoy was honored for his actions in an apartment fire on June 6, 2007, where two children were rescued. McCoy entered a smoke-filled apartment in the 2400 block of Alabama Ave., SE, where an active fire threatened the lives of two young boys. McCoy was able to battle past fire in the kitchen area to a back bedroom, where the boys lay sleeping. He brought both children out of the building to the waiting treatment of EMS and subsequent transport to the hospital, where they made a full recovery.
Lt. Richard Lehan, working as the officer on Truck 17, entered a home in the 5000 block D Street, NE on February 13th of last year. He quickly located an adult female and removed her from the smoke-filled apartment. He then re-entered the building and located a child, whom he quickly removed to safety.
“There are four members of our community who are alive today because of the actions of Lt. Lehan and Sgt. McCoy,” said Fire & EMS Chief Dennis L. Rubin, who assisted in the presentations of awards of commemorative plaques and $200 for each firefighter recognized.
The Capitol Hill Exchange Club honors firefighters every year for exceptional work on behalf of the citizens and visitors of the nation’s capital.
Lt. Lehan (top) and Sgt. McCoy, from Alan Etter DC Fire & EMS
