Just days after being sworn in, the Monticello fire chief completed his first task -- rushing into a burning house to save a man.
Monticello Fire Chief Kody Ragan knew he couldn't wait as there was heavy smoke showing.
“We had a very short window of time that we could get this guy out. He took in a lot of smoke at the moment. We got him out as quick as we could and turned him over to EMS,” Ragan told WKYT.
A space heater, blamed for starting the fire, had already burned a hole in the floor.
Monticello firefighters managed to save the house.
Ragan, also a nationally certified EMT, was sworn in as fire chief on Friday.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.