Medina Fire Chief Receives Fire Service Valor Award

Medina Fire Chief receives Fire Service Valor Award

Fire Chief Larry Walters, who has been with the Medina Fire Department since 1992 and has served as chief since 2022, was honored May 14 at the 44th Ohio Fire Service Hall of Fame and Fire Awards when he received the Fire Service Valor Award.

Ohio fire chief recognized for squeezing into basement to rescue woman trapped in house fire

Video shows Medina Fire Chief Larry Walters entering a burning basement to save a trapped woman, using a Halligan bar to get her, and himself, out