Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: October 13, 2010
• Invested on: October 28, 2011

Sergeant Delkie Curtis, M.B.
Sergeant Roger Thomas, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On October 6, 2007, Cobourg Police sergeants Delkie Curtis and Roger Thomas rescued a woman from a smoke-filled apartment, in Cobourg, Ontario. On patrol in the early hours of the morning, Sergeant Thomas noticed smoke billowing from an upper-level window and immediately called the fire department for assistance. Sergeants Thomas and Curtis entered the building and ran up the stairway, alerting occupants as they went. Seeing smoke escaping from one of the apartments, they broke down the door to gain entry. Without proper equipment or concern for their own safety, the officers crawled through the dense, black smoke that filled the apartment, in search of possible victims. They finally located a woman in a bedroom and brought her outside, where she was treated by paramedics. Both officers were later treated for smoke inhalation.