He alerted his coworker and ran toward the source of the smoke. That’s when he heard a commotion in the hallway and a teacher yelling that there was a fire in the boy’s bathroom.

“Cunningham saw an alarm signal coming into the fire alarm control panel that was not in the area where he and his colleague were working. The following is an excerpt from Red Haw’s press release: Red Hawk Fire and Security Describes the Incident The incident unfolded March 7 while Red Hawk Technician Rick Feese, a journeyman electrician, and Apprentice Technician Josh Cunningham were performing scheduled maintenance on the fire alarm system at Tacoma’s Whitman Elementary School. Two Red Hawk Fire and Security technicians were recognized for their courageous actions by a Tacoma, Wash., elementary school after they prevented a potentially catastrophic fire from spreading until firefighters could arrive on scene.

The following story originally ran in Campus Safety’s sister publication, Security Sales & Integration.

Download red hawk fire alarm systems