A California firefighter lost his life while on duty Monday as the senseless attacks against first responders continue around the country. 

One of the men in particular had stepped too close to the water and became trapped in waist-deep mud. His hunting partner called for help.

Two adolescents this week, for some unknown reason, decided to personally check out the inside of a 16-inch storm water pipe.

When a construction worker fell into a 25-foot trench at a worksite, a fellow worker jumped down to rescue him - but he also got stuck.

An older child might know to exit the home, call 911 or run to a neighbor, but the youngster hunkered down under the sheets on the bed.

Bystander Allie Marie Schmalz spotted the firefighter quietly doing this important work and had to capture it.

By Wednesday afternoon, Young America's Foundation reported the fire had spread to more than 13,000 acres.

'Speaking to the fire department, they said if I would not have done that, it could've been life threatening for him.'

When Dickson Patton heard a faint bark from that area, he instantly realized what must have happened to his dog.

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Her dad grabbed some ladders and headed to the apartment, where the residents were attempting to climb out.

Finally, 11 hours after starting the rescue and days after Zoey had gone missing, she was brought up from beneath the road and returned to her family.

Firefighters planned to send a harness down so the man could hitch himself into it and get hauled up, but he had to free himself first.

Somehow, when Sienna went to the riverside to get a drink, she ended up falling in and getting swept off.

On Tuesday, at a well-attended ceremony, 7-year-old Penny Saltray was sworn in as an honorary firefighter.

Though the twins experienced poor behavior from the thief, they learned how to press on and not let one bad experience get the best of them. 

'Every time it rains, it floods out up underneath that underpass there. And cars go down there, and they got to rescue them out of there.'

Thanks to the police and fire department, the situation was resolved without injury to the family members trapped upstairs.

One boy might have been stung more if it hadn't been for a nearby landscaper who risked - and ultimately lost - his life to protect the boy.

It was certainly a traumatizing experience for the family, but they couldn't have been in a better place with all the paramedics on hand.

A woman who died in a fire was accidentally thrown in a dumpster when police and firefighters mistook her body for a mannequin.