Chris C.

35, Male

Beaver Falls

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization

Combination Fire Rescue Department

Job Function

Firefighter

Years in Fire/EMS:

all my life

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

Beaver Falls FIRE DEPT. PA

Years With Department/Agency

Jan./17/08

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

DARLINGTON TWP. FIRE DEPT. PA

My Training:

Fireground Ventilation, Engine Company Operation-"First Due-No Clue", Battle Ready Firefighters, NIIMS-IS0100, Structure Burn, Essentials, Basic RIT, Firefighter Survival, Advanced RIT, FF1,

About Me:

This is a newspaper article about me when I was 18.

Injured driver was helped from vehicle just moments before train crushed car

By J.D. Prose, Times Staff
Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:49 PM EDT

BEAVER FALLS — A West Mayfield man whose car landed upside down on railroad tracks in Beaver Falls was helped from the wreckage by an off-duty city firefighter Tuesday, just moments before a train destroyed the vehicle.

Beaver Falls Fire Chief Mark Stowe said the unidentified driver told authorities that he fell asleep around 7 p.m. while heading west in the 800 block of 37th Street in Beaver Falls.

The man’s car crossed the center line, struck a pickup leaving a Marathon Oil gas station, went down an embankment and rolled onto its roof on the railroad tracks, Stowe said.

City firefighter Chris Callahan happened to be at the gas station and rushed to assist the driver, who was already crawling from his car. A few minutes later, Stowe said, a Norfolk Southern train came along and smashed into the car, pushing it at least 1,000 feet.

“There wasn’t a whole lot left of the vehicle,” Stowe said.

Stowe said the driver was conscious at the scene, but he was later flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh for head injuries.

The car’s wreckage was pulled from beneath the train shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Day Job:

LOOKING FOR A JOB

Relationship Status:

Single

Facebook or Other Online Profile:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpro...

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

My dad is in the fire service, when I was younger I use to go with him to the Firehouse & Fire calls ....Its in my Blood...

Why I Love Fire/EMS

I get to do every thing my parents told me not to do in a house & get told Thank You

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