RCMP Cpl. James Munro stands with Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean after being awarded a Medal of Bravery on Thursday. Munroe pulled a man from a fire in 2005. (CBC)Nine Manitobans are being honoured in Ottawa with the Medal of Bravery from Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean.

In all, Jean will hand out 46 Medals of Bravery and one Star of Courage at the ceremony to recognize Canadians who have risked injury or death in order to save someone else.

'It's absolutely amazing, I never expected this to happen.'—RCMP Cpl. James Munro

RCMP Cpl. James Munro is one of the Manitobans who will be at the ceremony. In 2005, Munro was called to a fire at an apartment block while on duty in the city of Flin Flon.

After kicking in a door and fighting his way through thick smoke and heat, he pulled a semi-conscious man to safety outside.

"It's absolutely amazing, I never expected this to happen," Munro said about the award. "I never expected in my whole career to come across something like this."

Despite the honour, Munro remains humble about his act of heroism.

"You do what you gotta do," he told CBC News. "You're trained to do what you go to do anyway, so whether it's a fire or not, you just do what you have to do."

Flin Flon is on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, about 800 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

Other Manitobans receiving medals of bravery include Gerard Beernaerts of Winnipeg, Deborah Ann Chiborak of Winnipeg, Master Cpl. Jonas Denechezhe of Lac Brochet, Alphonse St. Pierre of Lac Brochet, Clifford Tssessaze of Lac Brochet, Gerry and Wayne Kuczek of Winnipeg and Harry Prymak of St. Clements.

According to the citations:

• Beernaerts and Chiborak, on April 17, 2007, rescued an elderly woman who was pinned beneath her motorized scooter in the path of an oncoming train in Winnipeg. Beernaerts lifted the scooter off the victim, grabbed her around the waist and pulled her from the tracks, seconds before the train arrived.
• Denechezhe, St. Pierre, and Tssessaze, on Oct. 13, 2006, rescued a mother and her two sons from a burning house in Lac Brochet. Unable to enter the house, they broke a window to allow some of the dense smoke to escape. Using a front-end loader, they broke through a corner of the house to gain entry. The men located the mother and her two boys and brought them to safety. Sadly, one of the children died from his injuries.
• Prymak and Gerry and Wayne Kuczek (along with Shaun Harper of West Vancouver, B.C.), on March 4, 2007, rescued a man from a possible drowning after his snowmobile went through the ice on a river in Lac du Bonnet. Prymak crawled out to the victim and grabbed him but the ice broke and he fell into the water. The other rescuers tossed ropes and lifejackets to them and managed to pull them out despite the ice breaking away.