Three members of the Fall River Fire Department were awarded the Medal of Valor at the state’s 36th annual Firefighter of the Year Awards in Worcester on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Capt. Francis O’Reagan and firefighters Andrew Cordeiro and Michael Cusick received the awards at a ceremony held in Worcester, among 13 firefighters statewide to be given the honor.

Though the ceremony comes about four months after Fall River firefighters were pushed to their limits at the deadly fire at the Gabriel House fire, the three men were honored for their efforts as part of a different incident — a technical rescue in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, on June 7.

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