{"id":13859,"date":"2016-04-04T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13859"},"modified":"2016-04-04T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:49:03","slug":"metro-officer-extinguishes-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13859","title":{"rendered":"Metro officer extinguishes house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the report HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC<\/a>) \u2013<\/span>Quick thinking and bravery by one Savannah-Chatham Metro Police officer most likely saved a Savannah woman\u2019s home that she\u2019s lived in for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n

Advanced Patrol Officer Matthew Jackson was simply getting to work when he heard the call for help over the scanner about a fire nearby, and without hesitation, he sprang into action.<\/p>\n

Jackson just showed up to work at the downtown precinct when he heard there was a fire at a home across the street on East Lathrop Avenue. He sprinted over, and ran into the smoke filled house.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn situations like that you kind of put the people first. That is what we signed up to do,\u201d said Jackson.<\/p>\n

When APO Jackson showed up to work he was not planning on using his limited firefighting training.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean we are not fireman, we are policemen. But at the end of the day it is all public service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, just minutes into his shift, he heard there was a fire at a home right across the street. When he ran outside, he saw 80-year-old Edith Moultrie, who told him that the fire was in the kitchen but that the house was full of smoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to get as much information as possible from her. I mean again, my main goal was to keep her safe,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cThe house was filling up with quite a bit of smoke. I mean it starts to get into your system. You feel it in your lungs it starts getting in your eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was able to find the fire extinguisher and put out the fire, ultimately sparing the rest of the home from damage.<\/p>\n

WTOC spoke with Moultrie on Monday, and even though she didn\u2019t want to be on camera, she said, \u201cIt means a lot to me because I would have had to start over at my age. I am too old to start over. He cared enough to go in and save my home. It is seldom you find a person like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson made sure to stay with Moultrie until her son was called, and he knew she would be okay.<\/p>\n

For Jackson though, there was never a second thought, he saw someone needing help and answered the call. A call he answers every day as he serves.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get into this job to help people, you get into this job to serve. That is what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

WTOC was able to briefly see inside the home Monday, the damage is really not that bad and Moultrie is able to stay in the home.<\/p>\n

Jackson has been with the SCMPD for four years, and says despite his firefighting experience, he will remain a cop.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"