Update on Firefighter Ormerod

I just got off the phone with IAFF Local 1619 President Jim Brinkley who has been at the Washington Hospital Center with Firefighter Tim Ormerod. Brinkley says, barring infection, the outlook is good. Firefighter Ormerod will remain intubated for a while as he recovers from inhalation burns he received at the fire on Donnell Place.

According to Jim Brinkley the doctors say the burns to the trachea appear to be much less than the severe burns Lt. Dino Mahaffey received during a house fire in Glassmanor on February 22, 2004. Dino was in the burn unit for a month, followed by lengthy outpatient treatment and eventually a disability retirement.

Jim says Dino, and Dino’s wife Dania, are spending time at the hospital to help Tim Ormerod’s family and friends. The Mahaffey’s have done the same for others, including Seat Pleasant VFD Captain Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson was burned during a house fire on December 12, 2004.