00:00We've been invited here by Derek and his family following a bonfire incident that
00:04he was involved with two years ago. The police along with our emergency
00:08services colleagues in EMAS, Helimed and fire service attended and they've
00:13invited us back after a long two years of recovery to thank our services.
00:17We was mobilised, two appliances, mobilised to Man on Fire in Garden. The gentleman
00:24was over at his daughter's, he'd been clearing the garden and with the rubbish
00:30he decided to have a bonfire. Unfortunately the bonfire got out of
00:34control and he got involved with this clothing court fire and that's
00:40where the initial call came in. Fire and service were already on scene doing a lot of
00:44first aid, cooling him down. We also had some extensives or burns to his hands
00:48and body and torso. So there's very little I could do other than give him some
00:53pain relief and help settle him down and wait for the ambulance to arrive to
00:57take him to QMC. As I turned, hands were alight, face were alight, a lad was driving past and
01:04stopped. Fortunately we found out later that we'd trained first aid there. So I spent 20 minutes
01:11sitting in the garden with cold water poured all over me, which I've since been told
01:17saved an awful lot. All the services were, in my opinion, exemplary. I can't fault any of the
01:27services. In fact, I often think I wish I'd have been that good. They were brilliant.
01:35It's lovely to be thanked. It's lovely that he's gone to this effort to thank us and I feel
01:40really appreciated. Yeah, it's really nice. As our colleagues from other services have
01:44said, you don't often get updates on how people are doing and you definitely don't
01:49get invited to events to thank you. So it's lovely.
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