Watch interview with teen rescuers
The video above was taken by a neighbor as the first firefighters arrived at a house fire in Georgetown, Ohio on Sunday. Before the camera was rolling four teenagers had entered the house and pulled a badly burned man to safety.
Josh Fields, 18, Travis Gilreath, 18, Timothy Barrett, 16, and Tyler Gilbert, 16, were driving home from swimming when they saw a house on fire and heard someone calling for someone else to get out of the home.
When no one came out of the house, the teens jumped from the car and ran into the home.
According to the TV station, about 20 minutes before this rescue Josh Fields had saved Travis Gilreath from drowning while they were swimming at a local dam. That scare caused the teens to ditch their swimming outing and head home early, putting them on the path to make the second rescue.
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BRAVO! the first in engine layed out coming in. You never see that on here.
I believe these untrained teenagers should not have entered the home, they should have waited for an untrained PO PO to arrive, and the untrained PO PO should not have entered the home. Untrained people entering burnng homes to save a life is dangerous. Maybe we can get some stickers to put on every door of every home in AMerica that gives a warning so this stuff stops. (Please recognize the sarcasm intended)
Seriously, these kids look like kids that alot of people may look at and not think they are "All American scholar athletes". Actually by their actions I think they are more than that, they are young men that should be looked up to and admired for their selfless actions. I personally appluad them. Well done men, well done.
THATS MY BROTHER TYLER AND BOYS U GUYS DID AWESOME!!! IM PROUD OF U ALL!!!!
ab-you should be proud, and I bet your brother thinks pretty highly of you too. I am happy for you family today, I'm sure you are all good guys.
Do good things and good things come back to you…I hope good things come back to all of them tenfold!! Good Job.
yes very true. i am proud of my brother and his friends. They risk their lifes for this man and i bet he is very happy that them boys was there to save him
I'm with the Seasoned Vet. Finally a video of the first in engine dropping a line. They left the front open for the truck company. They attacked the fire with tank water AND switched over to the supply line. Had what appears to be a very good knockdown. Wore their PPE. Used good hand signal communication to the hydrant man. Connected the supply hose to the intake! Who are these guys? They READ the right book AND practice using it!
America's future is brighter than I thought. Bravo to these fine young men.
Good job to the teens that helped in the rescue. So now let me get this straight. This engine company dropped a guy off and wrapped the hydrant, laid a feeder and pulled past the house to leave room for the truck, pulled a handline off, stretched and flaked the line while the pump operater put the engine in pump and then charged the line with tank water and now the hose team started knocking the fire. All this happened in 1 minute and 35 seconds. OUTSTANDING! These guys obviously train and know their job. Finally a video that shows exactly how to do it! Good Job Guys!!!
Yea this was almost the perfect storm of heorics, and fire department action….someone check the temperature in hell I heard its snowing
The first in engine company did a great job but the officer of the truck pulled in and jumped off without a pack on.
so would any first due officer without a chief on the scene already. Its call establishing command! I would really hope that anyone that is physically able, would not let a fellow member of their community burn to death. I know i wouldn't let that go down! Good job! This shows that there really is some good and moral value left in our younger generation!
Second all of the comments – what a wonderful training video – use the version ID'd as Watch the Interview – it show the first due laying in without the inane comments of the videoing neighbor!!
Hat's off to the four boys and the firefighters.
We have a non-career agewncy with a policy of gearing up before leaving the station and at least one engine laying in with S&FOA (Smoke and flames on arrival).
NICE job by everyone involved. Put the fire out and all the rest of your problems go away. Treat those folks from Georgetown to some cake and ice cream tonight. This video shows how it can be done. Really, it's not THAT difficult folks.
This is all good. Stay Gold Pony Boy. Amazing all the way around. We don't normallly see this kind of action from depts. on here because the focus on most fireporn sites is the follies and failures of our "brothers". A guy got off of a truck without an airpack? Whatever. I hope anyone with a correction or an observation about what when wrong gets it 100% of the time. There should be ways to grade or rate these videos. IMO A+ all around. I'm certain an airpack was retrived at some point.
Says alot about those who say things like "the youth today just don't get it" or "when I was that age we had respect". All of that stuff has been said by the previous generation since the begining of time. I'm sure old cavemen grunted about how these youngbucks just don't appreciate poking things with sticks the way they did.
Josh Fieds, the teen who saved two lives in one day, is my hero. How absolutely amazing! In my 34 years of playing nurse, I know I've helped countless people, but I alone haven't saved any lives, to my knowledge.
And this remarkable kid does it twice in one day!
Kudos, Josh. I bet you'd be an excellent firefighter….
First of all the officer getting off the aerial had a white hat maybe he was takin command, just an observation. Second, that was awesome a civilian commenting how fast the FD got there, I had to play it a second time just to make sure thats what he said. Normally they are complaining how long it took, then ten minutes later talking about wanting to cut Firefighters or funding to the depts to close stations to save taxpayer money. Finally not something negative coming from a civilians mouth.
A quick search for Georgetown OH fire reveals a one station vollie outfit. The guy riding the seat on the Truck could easily have been a Chief and was taking command. It happens. Not everyone has a sexy buggy for each chief officer.
I'll echo the others comments, well done by ALL involved.
No excuses about limited manpower or lack of water or broken hydrants, etc, etc, etc.
Hats off!
Great Job!!! This is an ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE & EMS. I am a full timer, that lives in Georgetown's response area. After watching this video, I am very proud of this department. I was in "town" that night and showed up on the scene (to watch) after knock down. I have some comments. Great response time and good staffing. Great truck placement, Great use of that FEMA provided PPE (money well spent, if we use it correctly). The supply line was a bit short and restricted the flow at the hydrant, and even worse, at the pump panel. It was so short, that I pointed out to the Chief, that the supply line was resting on the exhaust pipe (quickly corrected). The truck operater threaded the wires to stick the roof (Great job). A second engine layed in from the other direction, with its own supply line. AMA Engine from Hamersville & AMA Ladder from Ripley (All Volunteer) arrived quickly. Rehab was set up quickly, and firefighters were using it. You are correct, the white hat getting out of the ladder, is part-time Fire Chief, Joe Rockey. And no, he does not have a million dollar command vehicle. He is clearly doing a great job! I went by the house yesterday, 2 story wood frame ballon construction house with heavy fire showing on arrival. The house is still standing and colud easly be repaired. Great job to everyone involved, and hope all goes well with the fire victim. Any request for a tax levy is a YES vote in my household.
Travis Gilreath is my boy friend and I’m so proud of him!