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Two firefighters earn statewide awards for bravery
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Each September, the Texas governor hosts the Star of Texas Awards and presents medals to honorees and family members of peace officers, firefighters and emergency first responders who are killed or suffer serious injury in the line of duty.
On Sept. 11 in Austin, Fort Worth Firefighter J.B. Huddleston and Firefighter Caleb Halvorson received the Star of Texas Awards. They were both severely injured fighting house fires on separate incidents.
The Star of Texas Awards honor all Texas peace officers and federal law enforcement officers or special agents acting in assistance to state or local law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical first responders who were seriously injured or killed in the line of duty on or after Sept. 1, 2003.
Since the awards began in 2003, more than 762 brave Texans have been honored.
Photos: Firefighter J.B. Huddleston and Firefighter Caleb Halvorson
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