His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented 40 Medals of Bravery at a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on March 6, one of which went to Const. Steven Enns of the Estevan Police Service.
As was reported in the Mercury at the time, while on patrol during the early morning hours of May 18, 2012, Enns discovered the rear of an older two-story residence engulfed in flame. He radioed for assistance and then banged on the locked door, waking two dogs and a 30-year-old woman.
She informed Enns that her boyfriend, her infant son, and another family friend were still in the house.
As the woman fled the house, Enns entered it despite the fire. He located the 29-year old man and got him to leave immediately. The constable then ran upstairs and found the two-year-old infant sleeping in the playpen. He picked up the infant, covered him, and went to the other bedroom where he located a sleeping 24-year-old man.
Together they were able to exit the smoke-filled house as the flames surrounded them and consumed the structure.
The Decorations for Bravery were created in 1972. They recognize people who risk their lives and according to www.gg.ca, “choose to defy their own instinct of survival to try to save a loved one or a perfect stranger whose life is in immediate danger.”
