Off-duty Orlando firefighter honored after saving deputy from burning patrol car: ‘Heroic actions’

An off-duty Orlando firefighter was in the fitting place on the proper time Saturday morning after witnessing a fiery collision involving a sheriff’s deputy.

The Orlando Hearth Division stated Lt. Ben Wootson was taking his son to a soccer recreation when he noticed a Seminole County Sheriff’s Workplace car crash into an overpass bridge. The deputy was not responding to a name earlier than the incident.

Wootson ensured his son was protected earlier than leaving his automobile to examine on the deputy.

Shortly after the incident, the SCSO car caught hearth, and Wootson was capable of pull the deputy, who was trapped, from his patrol automobile earlier than it was engulfed in flames.

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Orlando hearth Lt. Ben Wootson pulls a Seminole County Sheriff’s Workplace deputy from a burning patrol car. (Orlando Skilled Firefighters IAFF Native 1365/Fb)

After pulling him to security, Wootson used the deputy’s radio to inform dispatch there was an officer down and supplied their actual location, a Facebook post by the OFD’s union said. He additionally requested the fireplace division for medical help.

FOX 35 Orlando reported the deputy was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital. He was in steady situation as of Saturday night.

“Lt. Wootson’s bravery and sacrifice is a reminder of how firefighters are NEVER off-duty and that coaching and getting ready for conditions like this will make a distinction when seconds depend,” the OFD wrote on Fb.

A Seminole County Sheriff’s Workplace (FL) patrol car after it caught hearth. (Orlando Hearth Division/Fb)

A Seminole County Sheriff’s Workplace patrol car caught hearth after crashing right into a bridge. (Orlando Hearth Division/Fb)

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The division’s union recommended Wootson his “fast pondering and sound judgment” that saved the deputy’s life.

“His actions [exemplify] what it’s to be an Orlando Hearth Fighter. We’re by no means off responsibility and are at all times prepared to step in and help nonetheless potential,” the put up learn. “I do know you’ll be as happy with him and his heroic actions as we’re.”

Lt. Ben Wootson (center) is acknowledged for saving the lifetime of a Seminole County Sheriff’s deputy following a fiery collision.  (Orlando Hearth Division)

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The reason for the crash is beneath investigation.