The two had just finished a 48 hour shift and were on the way home to be with family. The weather on this Easter morning was stormy, so stormy in fact that there were several accidents on the highway. Both had taken a different than usual route home because of the traffic. Both Scott and Brett noticed a car that had spun off the on ramp and rolled. The driver of the vehicle had been ejected from her car. She suffered multiple life threatening injuries, including two fractured femurs. The two stopped to render aid, neither one had any of the equipment that they noramally use day to day as paramedics. They worked to make sure the patient could breath and gave critical care until Salt Lake City crews arrived and transported the patient. The two then drove home and spent eh day with their families. When they returned to work no stories of bravado were given, in fact no one in the department knew what had happened until 7 months later.
Battalion Chief Jeff Fox was working another incident on the I-215 corridor with Salt Lake City crews when Captain Clay Coles asked if Chief Fox knew the names of the two that helped earlier in the year. He wanted to " thank them personally" because with out the efforts of these two unsung heroes this woman would have died. Chief Fox made some inquiries and found out who the responsible parties were. The pair were given the award in a city Council meeting held on March 1st 2011. We congratulate Scott and Brett for the award, and the way they represent themselves, their families and all of us..
This certainly was a job well done!
Fire Marshal Bob
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