PEOPLE who have carried out acts of outstanding bravery are to be commended by the fire service at an awards ceremony.

Fourteen- year-old Nathan Johnston, who cared for three victims of a serious road accident, is among those who will be honoured with a Chief Fire Officer's Commendation Award For Bravery in the annual North Yorkshire Fire &Rescue Service awards ceremony at their training centre in Easingwold.

The awards ceremony recognises the good conduct and long service of staff members alongside commendations for staff and members of our communities.

The Press reported last October how Nathan was on a bus home from school when he was caught up in traffic behind a smash involving two lorries and two cars on the A166 at Holtby, near York.

He jumped off and went to comfort a trapped truck driver, before tending to an elderly woman with back and neck pain and a younger woman suffering from shock.

Awards will also go to canoeists Grace Bower, 15, and Sue Couling, 43, who saved a man's life after he fell into the River Ouse, also in October last year.

The Press told how the pair were paddling past Queen's Staith, in York, when they heard his desperate cries for help. Together, they dragged the 59-year-old, who was suffering from hypothermia, to safety.

Krystal and Kurtis Brown will also be commended for their actions after they were involved in a house fire in York.

They managed to get out of the house and gave the officer in charge of the incident information about another person who was still trapped inside the house.

Krystal provided accurate information about the condition of the trapped person, and their location within the house, which enabled the fire crews to quickly rescue the casualty.

Three members of staff will also receive awards.

Firefighter Robert Fox, of Skipton, helped to organise a road safety event called Safety In The Mart.

Fire control operator Jenny Cooper took a call about a house fire in Scarborough last year, in which a family of four were trapped. It was the family's 14-year-old son who phoned up, and Jenny calmed him down and gave fire survival advice, while getting information about the locations of the rest of the family.

Crew manager Bruce Reid, of Harrogate, organised a carol concert which raised £5,300 for the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund.