On December 18th Officer Robin Brachear with the Chatham Police Department responded to a report of a structure fire. Dispatch advised the entire home was on fire.
Officer Brachear arrived on scene and immediately noticed smoke billowing out of the south window of the residence. He also noticed a young toddler boy, 2 to 3 years of age, running towards the home that was currently on fire. Officer Brachear exited his squad car quickly and picked up the little boy. He brought him over to the safety of a nearby neighbor who was standing outside watching the fire.
Officer Brachear returned to the home and entered it through the front door. He saw smoke throughout that was so dark he could not see the ceiling. Bending down and peering through the smoke, he could make out what appeared to be a person attempting to put the fire out. The person appeared to be in obvious distress, and he yelled at them with no response. The smoke was so thick he could not breathe. Officer Brachear ran out to his squad car and quickly retrieved his fire extinguisher. He returned to the residence and sprayed the fire the best he could. He then located the woman and quickly escorted her outside the residence to safety.
The Chatham Fire Department arrived on scene shortly thereafter. They were able to extinguish the blaze.
"๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ง. ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ง, ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐ช๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ" said Officer Brachear
Chatham Police officials say "Officer Brashear is to be commended for his quick thinking and efforts on this call. Risking his own life and safety, he went into the burning home to rescue the woman still inside of it. Considering the little boy he noticed immediately after arriving on scene running towards the trailer that his mother was inside of, it is very possible he saved not only one life, but two. His actions bring great credit upon himself, the Chatham Police Department, and the Village of Chatham. We could not possibly be any more proud of him.
We also want to recognize the Chatham Fire Departmentย for their critical role in this fire call. Public safety is all about teamwork, and we are proud to work alongside a great group of men and women at CFD."
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