8-YEAR-OLD HONORED FOR HELPING SAVE DAD.

Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer

LITTLEROCK -- An 8-year-old Littlerock boy was honored Monday for helping to save his father's life by calling 911 and getting help.

Nominated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Adam Geiger was honored by the 911 for Kids program, based in Orange County.

Four times in 2006, Adam called 911 dispatchers when his father, Robert Geiger, who has diabetes, experienced seizures.

``I feel really great because I saved my dad's life,'' said Adam, a student at Alpine Elementary School.

Adam received a Local 911 Heroes Medal of Honor in a ceremony in Garden Grove. Also recognized were the dispatchers with whom Adam spoke and the medical teams that responded to the calls.

``They were all life-threatening circumstances. The dad went to the hospital all four times,'' said Chris Diamantakis of 911 for Kids, which promotes disaster and emergency preparedness and training of children about when and how to call 911.

Once while Adam was on the phone to dispatchers, he had his best friend wait on the street corner to wave in the paramedics, said Diamantakis, adding: ``He's only 8. He's a very smart kid.''

Adam's mother, Kelly Ann Johnson, said she is proud of her son for knowing what to do and doing it while she was at work.

``He did a good job, and he really pays attention. I didn't think he was listening when I told him about 911,'' Johnson said. ``I told him if something happens, you are going to have to call 911. He said, `I know' and `of course.'''

Adam's father is proud as well as grateful.

``I'm very proud of him for picking up on the procedures so quickly, and caring enough to keep an eye on me, and learning the procedures so that he could effectively communicate the problem to the dispatchers,'' Robert Geiger said.

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