Members of the Pella Police Department and Pella Ambulance earned recognition from the American Heart Association for their efforts in saving a life with CPR.

The following received the Heartsaver Hero award:

Tom DeYoung, Teri Van Kooten, Don Van Maanen, Dan Vander Beek, Christine Buttell, Toni Van Roekel from Pella Ambulance, and Kaci Visser, Tim Donelson, Nathan Wolff, Justin Bailey, and Dave Beukelman with the Pella Police Department.

Pella Ambulance Director Greg Higginbotham says the emergency response departments in Pella work together well in many life-and-death situations, and they helped save a life on an incident that typically has a low survival rate.

Higginbotham presented the awards to those individuals at the annual Public Safety Volunteer Recognition Banquet held by the City of Pella Thursday.