Three members of the Charlestown Ambulance Rescue Service have been honored for helping to rescue a Hope Valley firefighter who suffered a heart attack while responding to the massive fire at the Meadowbrook Waldorf School on July 29.
Volunteers Jillian Gardell, Travis Serra, and Matthew Viner, EMTs with the ambulance service, received the EMS Pride Award this week along with members of the Hope Valley Ambulance Squad. The emergency medical service award is presented by the Rhode Island Ambulance Service Advisory Board, which meets monthly.
Andrew Kettle, chief of the Charlestown unit, praised the work of his volunteers, as well as those with the Hope Valley Ambulance Squad, who shifted gears immediately in order to save the firefighter’s life.