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Carlisle honors first responders for May 13 rescue operation
Summary
Carlisle Borough recognized police, fire and EMS personnel with unit citations and medals of merit for a May 13 house fire rescue that involved coordinated response among multiple agencies.
Carlisle Borough recognized local first responders at the Sept. 11 council meeting for their March/May-era response to a house fire that resulted in multiple awarded citations.
Chief Grimes and other officials detailed the May 13 incident (dispatch time recorded as 07:49), when Carlisle Fire Department, Carlisle Police Department and Cumberland Goodwill EMS responded to a house fire on South Hanover Street. Responders entered low-visibility conditions and conducted rescue and firefighting operations.
Unit citations went to Paramedic Wendy Nieves, Advanced EMT Brooke Harris, Paramedic Jacob Breen and Advanced EMT Tiffany Bigler for their roles. Medal of Merit recipients included Union Fire Company Lieutenant Noah Green, Carlisle Police Officer Steven Ferguson and Cumberland Goodwill EMS Lieutenant Jeremy Fox.
Council and fire department leadership described the event as a demonstration of successful mutual aid among borough and regional partners and thanked all involved.
Ending: Council recognized the award recipients and encouraged residents interested in volunteering to contact local fire companies via the borough website.
