Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 29, 2010
• Invested on: February 24, 2012

Constable Andrew Curtis Ashton, M.B.
Constable Christopher C. Wells, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On December 25, 2007, RCMP Constable Andrew Ashton and Constable Christopher Wells, of the Louis Bull Police Service, rescued a woman from a burning house, in Hobbema, Alberta. Responding to a distress call concerning a suicidal woman, the police constables noticed smoke escaping through the soffits of her residence. Constable Ashton kicked open the door and entered, but was forced out by a wall of smoke and intense heat. With the help of other police offcers, they smashed the windows on the main floor as flames rapidly engulfed the interior. Constable Ashton again crawled through the front door and made his way upstairs while Constable Wells climbed through one of the second-floor windows. They located the unconscious victim and passed her through the window to the other offcers waiting outside. The woman survived, in great part, thanks to the perseverance displayed by the constables that day.