Instincts kicked in when a Greg Degreeff when one of his kids spotted smoke near their house.
"I saw him and his wife here usually. I just asked, ‘Where’s your wife?’ And he said she was still inside..."
Without hesitation, the off-duty Pattonville firefighter went in the back door. He called out until he found her, and guided her out, FOX 2 reported.
“Right as I got her out, I turned around to see if I could go back in. But the smoke was already down to the ground. There was no going back in.”
Degreeff reflected on the incident: “It could have been terrible and tragic. At the end of the day, they’re dealing with the unfortunate side of insurance instead of hosting a funeral.”
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.
