| Name: | Mark Cavaletti |
| Gender: | Male |
| Agency: | Chicago Fire Department |
| Type of Firefighter: | Career |
| Rank: | Paramedic/Emergency Medical Technician |
| Type of Duty: | Firefighting operations, Search and rescue operations |
| Type of Award: | Medal of Valor |
| Year of Award: | 2015 |
| Incident City: | Chicago |
| Year of Incident: | 2014 |
| Incident Location Type: | Residential |
| Incident Attribute: | Fires |
Lieutenant Joseph Solcani and Firefighters Mark Cavaletti and Michael Rowan of the Chicago Fire Department received the Medal of Valor for their efforts in rescuing an elderly man trapped inside a burning building in Chicago, Illinois, on April 21, 2014.
The Chicago Fire Department received a morning call that a 2½ story residence was on fire with a person still trapped inside. The fire was coming from the back and was slowly edging towards the front of the building. A 73-year-old man was found in a second-floor bedroom suffering from smoke inhalation and was unconscious. The firefighters determined that it would be too dangerous to carry the man out the door, so Cavaletti climbed out the window and carried the man down the 20-foot ladder to safety.
Citations:Firefighters rescue man from burning building in Roseland,
Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2014.
CFD rescues elderly man from Roseland house fire,
ABC7 Eyewitness News, April 22, 2014.