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Three Suicides Averted in 2 Days As 911 Dispatchers and Deputies Defuse Chilling Situations

September 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Josie Gammon, a 12-year dispatcher at the 911 center, has fielded her share of traumatic calls. she did so again Saturday, talking a man down from shooting himself. (© FlaglerLive)

Over the weekend, authorities converged on three suicide attempts–by gun in Flagler Beach, by hanging and by cop off a county road in western Flagler, and by knife in Palm Coast’s K-Section.

Suspect Pulls Gun on Deputy Duenas, Who For 2nd Time in 9 Months Shows Grit and Restraint

August 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Flagler Sheriff’s deputy Jonathon Duenas Wednesday evening was confronted with a man with a gun and immediately disarmed him, the second time in nine months Duenas faced a deadly situation he defused without harm.

Bunnell Commission Honors Two Boys, 10 And 12, For Helping Save 88-Year-Old Woman

August 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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The Bunnell City Commission Monday evening awarded its Outstanding Citizen Award to two young city residents, Russell Rouson, 10, and Steven Dozier, 12, for alerting police and helping to save the life of an 88-year-old woman who had hurt herself in her home in June.

Miller Clayton, 7, Honored By County, City and State for Life-Saving Bravery in House Fire

December 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Miller Clayton took his little brother to safety out of their burning home on Kentucky Avenue in November. The awards were from the county and city firefighters unions and State CFO Jeff Atwater’s offce.

They Don’t Just Write Tickets: FHP Trooper Steven Howard Saves Woman’s Life on I-95

January 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Florida Highway Patrol's Cpl. Steven Howard. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Highway Patrol Homicide Investigator Cpl. Steven Howard, a 13-year veteran, was on patrol just north of Palm Coast Parkway when he lucked by a driver in severe distress, seizing or possibly having a stroke, and was able to immediately intervene and ensure the dispatch of a rescue unit. The woman survived.

A Tearful, Grateful Encounter Between 911 Operator and Grandmother Coached Through CPR of 2-Year-Old

July 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler County 911 operator Genice Caccavale rarely knows the aftermath of emergency calls. Today, she got to meet Alicia Fennell and 2-year-old Kelisa Bailey, whom Fennell brought back from a near-drowning Saturday as she followed Caccavale’s CPR instructions over the phone.

Another Feather in Bird’s Cap as Fire Flight Rescues 2 Mud Muckers Lost Overnight

October 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Wayne Oley, 30, and Brigett Madorma, 24, lost their ATV in the wilds of Mud Muckers’s 19,000 acres Sunday night, and were lost after that, until Fire Flight spotted them Monday morning, shivering from a cold night but otherwise fine.

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