Firefighter of the Year
                            
                         Stephen Buchman
 
    This member of the Glenham Fire District was named Firefighter of the Year for showing such courageous effort on November 1, 2003.  Firefighter Buchman put himself in harms way and climbed into a demolished automobile to comfort the two patients inside the car.  One of the victims was not breathing.  Firefighter Buchman gave the victim encouragement and physical re-enforcement. The patient then began to breathe again and further began to squeeze Firefighter Buchman's hand.  Teamwork helped the firefighters remove the victims from the vehicle so medical personnel could stabilize the patients.  Both victims survived.

 

Photo courtesy of The Poughkeepsie Journal

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