CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The rescue of an elderly man in a wheelchair from a burning house Thursday night was recognized Monday by members of the Bradley County Commission.
Efforts by the Cleveland Fire Department and the Bradley County Emergency Medical Service to get the 72-year-old man from the burning structure were lauded by Commissioner Mark Hall.
“It was an automatic 911 alarm, and the Cleveland Fire Department [members] responding to the call did not even have time to put on their air packs,” Hall said.
Hall asked the county to prepare a proclamation honoring the rescuers.
After three firefighters carried the man through the flames, county emergency medical workers took over.