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The brave men and women of the Stockton Fire Department released remarkable footage on Sunday, depicting not only the regular dangers of their profession, but the joys — as they rescued a trapped dog, in serious danger as flames approached.

The residence was engulfed in flames as the crews arrived. Smoke was thick. The heat had blown the windows out, which offered a rare glimpse at what firefighters must deal with in structure fires.

The firefighters discover the kenneled dog at about 6 minutes in. It was rescued without incident after the nearby fire was extinguished and didn’t sustain any injuries in the blaze.

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Columbus firefighters helped bring a dog back to life yesterday after he was pulled from a smoky house fire.

Neighbor Todd Buccilla came outside to see what was going on: “I seen the house was on fire and smoke and I seen a dog laying on the front porch,” he told NBC4 reporters. “He was just limp.”

Buccilla took dramatic video as firefighters worked to revive Max.

“I just started filming where they did CPR on the dog and after a few minutes you could see the dog started coming around. I mean he was pretty much gone it looked like.”

Max’s story has a happy ending. After being given oxygen and revived from unconsiousness, paramedics started an IV and took him to a local vet.

No others were hurt in the fire.

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When flames began to overtake the Stockton, CA, apartment building where she lives, Sasha — an 8-month old pit bull — flew into action. Her owner, Nana Chaichanhda, was inside with her infant daughter.

Sasha alerted Chaichanhda about the danger even before she was aware of it.

“I was awaken by my pit bull pup Sasha banging and crying at my backyard door. Little did I know, Sasha would become my hero,”Chaichanhda wrote on a GoFundMe page after losing her home in the fire.

The four-plex partially destroyed, but Sasha’s family made it out safe due to her swift action.

“My neighbors home was totally destroyed, and the fire was quickly spreading to my unit,” the mother wrote. “[Sasha] was trying to warn us of the fire. I got out of bed to see what was going on. At that moment I opened the back door and Sasha ran into our home, straight into our bedroom.”

Confused at first, Chaichanhda then realized her cousin’s apartment — right next door — was burning.

“I ran into the bedroom, where Sasha was already dragging my 7-month-old baby off the bed by her diaper,” she wrote. “Thanks to Sasha we were able to get out safe and call 911.”

Firefighters arrived, quashing the flames, but two apartments — Chaichanhda’s and her cousin’s — were destroyed. They are staying with relatives in one of the remaining units, WTVR-TV reported.

Firefighters arrived on the scene and were able to save most of the building. Chaichanhda and her cousin’s apartment were destroyed in the blaze. The family is now staying with relatives who live in one of the surviving apartments, CBS affiliate WTVR-TV reports.

Chaichanhda believes Sasha is what ultimately kept her and her daughter safe. She hopes their story helps change the negative perception of pit bulls.

“I owe her everything. If it wasn’t for her, I would have still been in bed and things could have taken a worse turn,” she said.

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The firefighters hadn’t yet arrived on scene, but that didn’t stop Officer Jacob Moore from springing into action. And it was all caught on the Buena Vista policeman’s body camera.

He and other officers arrived at the blazing home in Buena Vista, VA, and learned that the family dog, Zoey, was still inside. He entered the house — all while portions of it were burning — and went room to room to find her.

Spooked, she had retreated to her dog bed in one of the home’s bedrooms, but she sure looked happy to see him when he arrived!

Not surprisingly, Moore was recognized last year as the department’s Officer of the Year. He retains this title in our book!

The fire was contained to the carport and garage; no injuries were reported.