Christopher Mervin, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On November 7, 2004, Christopher Mervin risked his life to rescue three people from a burning apartment building in Strathroy, Ontario. Responding to a call for help, Mr. Mervin raced to the nearby house, which was quickly filling with smoke. Hearing the victims' voices, he ran into the burning building to pull out a man trapped inside. He then returned into the house and, crawling on his hands and knees, located a woman and brought her out to safety. An attending police officer then entered the residence to look for more victims and quickly became overwhelmed by the heavy smoke. Mr. Mervin entered the structure a third time and pulled the disoriented officer outside to safety.