What is this story called?

I am looking for the title and artist of a recitation that is probably from the 60-70 and is about a young boy that walks down an alley and sees fire coming from a house...he runs down the alley and pulls the fire alarm, thus saving the boy in the house. The young boy is a hero.

Hm, I don't know if anybody would be able to give you the name of the work & author. With a book that's potentially forty years old...well, even people that read it when it was published or popular might not know any details. Sorry