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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:27 pm

Murfreesboro Firefighters earn life-saving awards | First responders, Murfreesboro Fire Department

Firefighters Richard Crick, Troy Thomas, Alan Jakes and Jeremy Spivey received life saving awards. With them are trainer Nicole Miller, EMS' David Meador, Chiefs Roger Toombs, Gary Farley and Allen Swader, EMS' Randy White and Chief Ken Honeycutt.

Four Murfreesboro firefighters, who helped save two lives, were given Special Recognition Awards Tuesday by Murfreesboro Fire Department and the Emergency Medical Services.

Driver Richard Crick and Firefighter Jeremy Spivey used their first responder medical training when they treated a woman whose husband brought her to the fire department June 28, said Assistant Chief Gary Farley.

Firefighters Troy Jakes and Troy Thomas began cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a child found unconscious in a pool April 22 on Shagbark Trail.

Both the woman and child survived, Farley said.

The four firefighters were honored during a ceremony at the fire department.

EMS trained Murfreesboro firefighters to become certified medical first responders beginning in 2003. Some firefighters are emergency medical technicians and paramedics.

While waiting for paramedics, Crick and Spivey “began performing CPR on a female in full cardiac arrest on the engine room floor,” Farley said. “After several minutes of CPR and defibrillation, they were successful in regaining a strong pulse before the arrival of EMS Medic 2.”

The firefighters accompanied the paramedics to Middle Tennessee Medical Center where they checked on the victim’s husband.

After their shift was over, Crick and Spivey checked on the woman at MTMC where her family told them she was responding to treatment. Her family was appreciative of their actions, Farley said.

Like Crick and Spivey, Capt. Larry Shelton, Driver Jimmy Barrett, Jakes and Thomas were called to the child in the pool.

A Murfreesboro Police officer handed the child to Jakes.

“Firefighter Jakes quickly assessed the patient and noticed the patient was not breathing and had no pulse,” Farley said. “Firefighter Jakes immediately began CPR with firefighters Troy Thomas assisting.”

After paramedics arrived, Jakes drove the ambulance to the hospital while Thomas and the paramedics treated the child, the chief said.

“If not for the prompt assessment and quick action taken by Firefighter Alan Jakes and Firefighter Troy Thomas, as well as the responding EMS crew, this child might not have survived,” Farley said.

Fire Chief Cumbey Gaines said he was proud the fire department worked with EMS on medical first responder calls.

“It’s a service that’s needed,” Gaines said, adding he was proud of the firefighters.

Randy White, EMS education coordinator, said firefighters do an outstanding job in the first responder program.

“When you’re given awards, it’s not just from Murfreesboro Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, it is from the people you serve in Murfreesboro,” White said.

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Member Opinions:

By: Boo on 7/22/09
Congratulations guys!! Well deserved awards,... and a great big THANK YOU for all you do!!

By: eagle50 on 7/22/09
You are the real heroes in my book! God bless you all!

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