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Dial One Security is proud of its membership in First Alert Professional, and the Honeywell Authorized Security Dealer program. The membership allows Dial One Security to offer our clients new technology and products that are not readily available on the security products market.

First Alert Professional Life Safety Award Nominations

Each year at the National Convention, First Alert Professional and Honeywell present the Life Safety Award.

If you have someone that you feel would be a good nomination please email John Lindberg at Dial One Security. Your nomination will be forwarded to Honeywell for consideration. The 2008 Convention is in November, therefore nominations need to be submitted before August 1st, 2008.

Past recipients include:

2007	Steve and Rebecca Brooks
	Local Heroes Steve and Rebecca Brooks Receive First Alert Professional Life Safety Award at Annual Dealer Convention at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa Scottsdale, AZ –On Saturday, November 10, 2007, First Alert Professional Security Systems is awarding Steve and Rebecca Brooks with our 2007 First Alert Professional Life Safety Award. This award is given to a citizen who is involved in a life-saving incident. The Life Safety Award has been awarded since 1996 and previous award winners include child advocates John Walsh and Patty Wetterling. Details of Heroism On July 9th, Battalion Chief Steve Brooks and his wife Becky were enjoying their getaway to Lake Apache, just east of Phoenix, Arizona. They decided to take a ride on a SEA-DO, a sit down type of Jet Ski. While they were out on the lake, Becky looked up and saw a car go off the road and roll and fall over a 25 foot rock embankment into the water below. Immediately, Steve and Becky went into action, driving the 200 yards to the car that was floating in the lake. When they arrived, they found Dave Linsley a 6’1’, 245 lb man trapped inside. After checking the vehicle’s doors which were damaged, they realized Dave had to go out of the window. Steve placed his feet on the car and pulled Dave under one arm and Becky pulled under the other until they were finally able to get Dave out of the car. About 45 seconds later, the car went under, fully submerged into the lake. Steve and Becky Brooks exemplified extreme bravery. Their acts of heroism make them truly deserving of the First Alert Professional Life Safety Award.
2006	Jaime Miranda Jr.
	Jaime Miranda Jr. is responsible for saving the lives of two small children trapped in a house fire. On May 11th, 2006, Jaime was returning home after driving his son to school in West Palm Beach, Florida. As he approached his block, he saw smoke emerge from his neighbor’s home. He knew small children lived there and wondered it they were in jeopardy. He told his father to call 911 and then knocked on the front door, but no one answered. He proceeded to the back door, which was unlocked, and entered the home. Overcome by thick black smoke, Jaime returned outside for fresh air. As he searched for another point of entry, he saw the horrified faces of two small children pressed up against a bedroom window. Five-year-old Malik Jean and his three-year-old cousin Devin Doresett, cried out and coughed as the room filled with toxic smoke. The window, as well as all the others, was protected by burglar bars, which now trapped the children inside. Jaime, a 6-foot, 200-pound man, tore at the metal framing and eventually ripped the bars off the window. He broke through the screen and pulled Malik and Devin to safety. As a concerned neighbor and without the aid of professional training or equipment, Jaime Miranda Jr. exemplified extreme bravery on that fateful day. His tremendous acts of heroism make him truly deserving of the First Alert Professional Life Safety Award.
2005	Erik Jones
	On April 21st, Engineer Erik Jones was driving home from his home in St. George, Utah to his job at the Las vegas Fire and Rescue. while driving south on Interstate-15, he noticed a cloud of dust on the northbound side. Approaching the cloud, he discovered an overturned SUV on the shoulder of the interstate. Erik immediately fled to the scene, speaking with the nearby trucker talking to 911. Noticing two injured victims, he tried to get them out, only to find the doors were jammed shut. Erik instructed the trucker to have 911 send a heavy rescue truck, just as he noticed the SUV's engine had caught fire. Knowing he would have to move fast, Erik approached one victim, pulling her out to safety, about 100 feet from the fire. Going back for the second victim, he broke the window open with a fire extinguisher, and drug the man to safety as well. Two months later, driving down the same interstate with his wife and kids for vacation, he noticed a minivan speeding down the interstate. The minivan then lost control and rolled several times across the median. A woman and a young girl were thrown from the van. Erik stopped their car and instructed his wife to dial 911, as he approached the van, noticing the driver was already dead. Looking inside the van, he saw four more frightened passengers. He instructed them to move towards the back of the van and exit. Erik then went to check on the mother and child thrown from the van, finding the woman dead, and the little girl in severe pain. Staying with the victims until authorities arrived, others helped assist the wounded passengers. While off duty and without the professional equipment, Erik Jones showed extreme bravery and determination, not once, but twice in one year. His tremendous acts of heroism make him truly deserving of the First Alert Professional Life Safety Award.
2004	Miami-Dade Police Officer Abraham Fernandez
	On March 23rd, Officer Fernandez responded to a second story apartment fire. Since firefighters were still on their way and neighbors were screaming that children were inside, Fernandez jumped over a neighbor's balcony and broke the sliding glass door to the apartment. He entered the smoky apartment several times and saved a 15-month-old boy and 3 year old girl. Determined to rescue the whole family, he continued to go in until he was finally overwhelmed by the smoke and returned to the balcony. It was later discovered that the children were left home alone.
2003	Nancy Seiler
	On May 17th, Nancy Seiler was on her newspaper delivery route and heard a car crash. A woman was pinned inside screaming for help and her one year old son was in the backseat. During the accident, the woman dislocated her hip and could not get free. The car was on fire, and Nancy was finally able to pull the woman and her son from the burning car.
2002	Herb Seigal and Carmine Apuzzo
	On July 31, Herb Seigal and Carmine Apuzzo were innocent bystanders who drove past a house fire in Dix Hills, NY. They went into the house and saved the lives of a nanny and two young boys.
2001	Paterson, NJ Firefighter Robert Poloniak
	In February 2001, Firefighter Poloniak responded to a structure fire in Paterson, NJ. A crowd reported that two children were trapped inside. He was in the Engine company and not in rescue, but since they were first on the scene he went into action. He rescued two terrified children. 12 years earlier to the day, he had saved another child's life.
2000	Dana Christmas
	Dana Christmas is a student who is credited with saving lives and helping many students avoid serious injury during the tragic Seton Hall fire on January 2000. Christmas, who was a resident advisor in the Boland Hall dormitory, passed up multiple opportunities to leave the burning building in order to help evacuate her fellow students.
1999	Patty Wetterling
	Patty Wetterling, who is known throughout the country as an advocate for missing and exploited children. Her son Jacob was abducted. She founded The Jacob Wetterling Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that is working to end children sexual exploitation, abuse and non-family abduction.
1998	Jake and Josh Ryker
	Jake and Josh Ryker, two brothers, involved in ending the deadly Oregon shootings at Springfield's Thurston High School in May which left two students dead and a dozen injured. Jake rushed and tackled the gunman and got shot in the chest. His brother Josh helped subdue the shooter.
1997	Metro Dade Police Department
	Metro Dade Police officers displayed extreme heroism and sacrificed their own safety for the five children they saved in a domestic dispute. A husband had stabbed his wife and was holding his children hostage. The father had set off an explosion which resulted in a fire in the house. These officers located the children, a housekeeper and family pets.
1996	Multiple Individuals
	Jim Sturznickel: Due to the efforts of Securi-com's central station the company was able to save a young boy who was trapped in a house fire. Camp Pendleton Marines: During the disastrous San Diego fires, Lance Corporals Daniel Pershing, Lance Owens, and Joshua Richardson fought through the blaze to help save three homes in the fire storm. John Walsh: John Walsh has spent years helping missing and exploited children. Against bureaucratic and legislative problems, John Walsh's efforts eventually led to the creation of the Missing Children Act of 1982 and the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984. He also hosted the television show America's Most Wanted.