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Henry Raymond file photo - From Fairfax Fire Department
St. Albans City Fire department held their annual awards banquette Friday January 16th. During the presentation Chief Joe Beaudry asked for City Firefighters Jordan Hayes and Lt. David Raymond to procede to the front. Both men were honored with the "Distinguished Honor Award" for their actions taken during a fatal house fire in September.
Chief Beaudry explained that they entered a house that was heavily involved in fire with extreme heat and zero visibility to conduct a search for a possible victam. During their search they did indeed locate the person in the home and were able to remove the patient to awaiting EMS crews outside. The person unfortunatly did sucomb to their injuries sustained however, if their had been no report of a person missing this was a fire that firefighters may not have ever entered due to the extremely poor conditions.
This is the second highest honor in the City of St. Albans Fire Department.