Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 26, 2009
• Invested on: October 22, 2010

Constable Cal Traversy, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On September 12, 2008, Constable Cal Traversy, an off-duty police officer, rescued four people from a burning house, in Delta, British Columbia. Hearing a loud explosion from a neighbour's house, Constable Traversy hurried to the scene, pushed open the front door and found a boy in the smoke-filled house, whom he quickly brought to safety. Despite experiencing extreme breathing difficulty, Constable Traversy went back inside the house and, from the second floor, escorted two family members outside. Unable to return to the second floor, he yelled to the young woman remaining upstairs to escape through the window and was able to catch her after she jumped. Then, wrapping a jacket around his face, he crawled back inside the house one final time to ensure that no one else was trapped inside.