{"id":13641,"date":"2016-01-18T19:50:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2016-01-18T19:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:50:39","slug":"watch-fire-chief-rescues-man-from-burning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13641","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Fire chief rescues man from burning car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the dashcam footage HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

A volunteer fire chief saved a man from a burning car in Pennsylvania on Monday.<\/p>\n

Dash cam footage shows Volunteer Fire Chief Nate Tracey of Goodwill Fire Company, hop out of his vehicle and race towards a car engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

Tracey, a 27-year firefighting veteran, said he opened the door and could see that the victim was not entangled in the vehicle\u2019s wreckage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI leaned in and just pulled him out,\u201d Tracey said. \u201cThat\u2019s the standard fire service drag \u2026 The adrenaline certainly helped.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video shows Tracey, his arms hooked under the man\u2019s armpits, dragging the man across the road, away from the burning vehicle.<\/p>\n

Goodwill Lt. Matt Leonard said firefighters train on rescues like this one. But the crash Monday morning was only the second time he\u2019s ever seen such a rescue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the fire service for 14 years, and I can only ever remember two times when I was on the scene for an mva (motor vehicle accident) with entrapment and fire,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cThis was a true life emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while firefighters train to do what Tracey did, it isn\u2019t easy work, Leonard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally, I\u2019ve never had to make a rescue in a situation like that,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cBut your average 180-pound person, when they\u2019re dead weight, it\u2019s a tremendous amount of weight. I\u2019ve done it in training, and it\u2019s difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

The driver, identified by York Area Regional Police as Greg Fabie, of York, was listed in satisfactory condition at York Hospital on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In addition to suffering from smoke inhalation, Fabie suffered head injuries from possibly striking his head on the windshield, Tracey said.<\/p>\n

Police continue to investigate the crash, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"