Two first-responders receive award

Maricopa paramedic Chazz Dupree and Maricopa firefighter Dusty Jenkins were moonlighting for an ambulance company in Tempe nearly four months ago when their natural instincts took over, resulting in the pair saving a man’s life.

“We were just driving around and saw a plume of smoke and decided to find its source,” Dupree said.

The source was a Tempe home, and the two were the first to arrive on scene. “When we got there, we saw a woman running around outside and heavy black smoke coming from the structure,” Dupree said. “We could not enter through the door of the home so we looked into the windows and saw a man walking in the hallway.”

The pair opened a window and were able to guide the man with their voices out of the home; they also rescued the man’s dog. They didn’t know if the man would have made it out on his own as he appeared to be disoriented and more concerned with finding his dog than getting out himself.

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