Proactive firefighters.Usually, firefighters wait at the firehouse until someone sends in an alarm, but two firefighters in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , were both the "first callers" and the "first responders" at a fire on November 1. Deputy Chief Edward Mahoney, Jr. and firefighter Walter J. Grace, Jr. were driving between stations in the pre-dawn darkness when Grace spotted smoke coming from an East Cambridge building. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Mahoney told the Boston Globe in typical New England understated fashion: "You don't come upon [fires] that often. It was pretty interesting, pulling up and having a fire waiting for you." Mahoney radioed for assistance, and the two men ran inside the three-story brick building, which contained apartments on its upper two floors. They first encountered and carried outside a handicapped woman who had abandoned her wheelchair to slide down the stairs Adv. 1. down the stairs - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" downstairs, on a lower floor, below . They next met another woman and a two-year-old girl and brought them outside as well. All of the evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. were treated at a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. and released. The American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. provided all 10 displaced tenants with food, clothing, and shelter. The fire department's chief of operations, John J. Gelinas, told the Globe reporter: "They just happened to be in the right place at the right time to prevent what could have been a tragedy." |
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