In February 2001, Robert Clarke of the Edmonton Police Service rescued a woman from a burning house while working as a civilian police officer for NATO in Kosovo. Sgt. Clarke was on a training assignment with local police officers when the group was told of a fire nearby. The men raced to the scene and found a two-storey house fully engulfed in flames with seven people inside attempting to fight the fire. Sgt. Clarke, along with three Kosovar police officers, entered the building and searched through heavy smoke and surrounding flames until all the residents were located. They had succeeded in removing them to safety when the homeowner raced back inside, distraught at seeing all her belongings go up in flames. Sgt. Clarke rushed back in after the woman who, despite severe cuts and burns, had made her way to an upstairs bedroom. Holding his breath, he managed to drag the resisting victim down the stairs and outside where he treated her injuries.