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Risk a Lot, Save a Lot: Oklahoma Dispatcher, Engine Crew Save Woman in Blaze
DAVE STATTER
Courtesy STATter911.com / WUSA
A 55-year-old woman trapped in her burning apartment stayed on the phone with 911 for ten-minutes as firefighters worked to find her. It happened around 4:00 on Tuesday morning at the Royal Arms Apartments at 5132 South Norfolk Avenue.
Public Safety Response Center Dispatcher Jeff Pestel took the call from the woman and guided her through the desperate moments. The woman lost consciousness and stopped breathing as the crew from Engine 26 worked through heavy fire conditions to get to her. Fire Equipment Operator Chad Meyer told reporters the door to the woman's apartment had burned through from the fire in the common area/
Video from KOTV-TV shows Meyer carrying the woman to a balcony. She is reported in critical condition.
The fire went to a second-alarm and is believed to be connected to a methamphetamine lab in the apartment where the fire started. Three others were injured in the fire including one person with burns who was dropped off at a local emergency room.
KOTV-TV reports this is the image of Firefighter Chad Meyer bringing the woman to safety from her burning apartment.
Police want to talk to this woman who dropped off one of the fire victims at St. Francis Hospital. Read more from Tulsa World.
Courtesy STATter911.com / WUSA
A 55-year-old woman trapped in her burning apartment stayed on the phone with 911 for ten-minutes as firefighters worked to find her. It happened around 4:00 on Tuesday morning at the Royal Arms Apartments at 5132 South Norfolk Avenue.
Public Safety Response Center Dispatcher Jeff Pestel took the call from the woman and guided her through the desperate moments. The woman lost consciousness and stopped breathing as the crew from Engine 26 worked through heavy fire conditions to get to her. Fire Equipment Operator Chad Meyer told reporters the door to the woman's apartment had burned through from the fire in the common area/Video from KOTV-TV shows Meyer carrying the woman to a balcony. She is reported in critical condition.
The fire went to a second-alarm and is believed to be connected to a methamphetamine lab in the apartment where the fire started. Three others were injured in the fire including one person with burns who was dropped off at a local emergency room.
KOTV-TV reports this is the image of Firefighter Chad Meyer bringing the woman to safety from her burning apartment.
Police want to talk to this woman who dropped off one of the fire victims at St. Francis Hospital. Read more from Tulsa World.
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Permalink Reply by Dennis Brown on
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Job well done guys thats the best thing i love about the fire service a good ending
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Permalink Reply by Chad Furr on
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My hat is off to all involved. What a great job the 911 dispatch did trying to keep her calm and offering good advice. TO the crew who responded great job in not giving up. It looks to be really nasty in there and you never once pulled out. That is why I love the fire service sooo much. We go in when others run out. Hope they can prove what started it and then send them to jail for a long long time. That is just my 2 cents worth though. Stay safe and buckle up.
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