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Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue honors crews and citizens for life‑saving and meritorious actions
Summary
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue presented four clinical excellence awards, a meritorious conduct commendation and two civilian chief’s medals at its Nov. 4 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting. Crews were recognized for rapid on‑scene care and coordinated rescues; two citizens were credited with preventing a house fire.
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue on Nov. 4 recognized multiple firefighters and two members of the public for life‑saving and meritorious actions.
Division Chief Joe Shum told the Board of Fire Commissioners that Engine 40’s May 19 response to a cardiac arrest on the Truckee River Trail near Drockstar Park involved mechanical compressions, coordinated carryout and continued resuscitation en route; the patient had a pulse at the ambulance and “was walking and talking days later,” Shum said. Captain Randy Gates, Engineer Shiro, Firefighter‑Paramedics Rudder and Miller received a clinical excellence award for that incident.
Shum described three additional…
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