A state trooper is escorted to a Brewster Fire Department ambulance after he and a neighbor helped save three people from a house fire on Oak Street in Brewster Nov. 7, 2006 ( Frank Becerra Jr. / The Journal News )

Brewster firefighters escort Brenda Burdick to an ambulance following a house fire on Oak Street in Brewster Nov. 7, 2006. A state trooper and a neighbor combined to save her and her daughters from the burning house ( Frank Becerra Jr. / The Journal News )

A state trooper recieves oxygen in the front of a Brewster Fire Dept ambulance after he and a neighbor helped save three people from a house fire on Oak Street in Brewster Nov. 7, 2006 ( Frank Becerra Jr. / The Journal News )