A team of officers have been commended for saving residents from a burning building.
They were on duty last October as part of mutual aid deployment to the COP26 Climate Summit when they noticed smoke and flames from the top floor of a block of flats.
First on the scene, the officers climbed to the top floor to alert residents to the fire and help get them to safety. With a number in assisted living, the officers helped to safely evacuate them before immediately going back in to help others and keep raising the alarm.
They helped evacuate 120 people in total which included elderly residents and infants, who, without the team’s quick intervention could have had far worse consequences.
In recognition of their actions, a Chief Constable’s Commendation and a Society for the protection of Life from West Midlands Fire Service have been awarded to Sergeant Neil Powers and PC’s Michael Horton, Benjamin Berrisford, Daniel Smith, Adam Ahmadani, Karam Soomal-Goode and Simon Steptoe.