UPDATED – Firefighter/survivor returning from NFFF Memorial Weekend helps cop save child’s life

On Sunday, Brody Channell, a firefighter from Arkansas, was in Emmitsburg, Maryland to help honor his firefighter father, Dennis, who died in the line-of-duty last year. Less than four hours after attending the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, where he met President Barack Obama, Firefighter Brody Channell stopped along I-270 to help Montgomery County, Maryland Police Officer James Herman save the life of a young child.

Firefighter Channell talked about his father Saturday with the NFFF Hero Tribute video team (below). Special thanks to Bill Carey of Firefighter Nation and Bill Delaney at Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service who worked together to find out the name of the firefighter who stopped to help Officer Herman (Firefighter Channell left without telling anyone his name). Bill and Bill also work with Rhett Fleitz as part of the NFFF social media team for Memorial Weekend.

Bill Delaney, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service:

Yesterday  (SUNDAY) Montgomery County Police Officer James Herman performed life-saving actions on a 9 month-old-girl on the side of Northbound I-270.

Read here for further background: Officer Performs Life-Saving Actions on Child on Interstate 270

At some point during Officer Herman’s life saving action, a Good Samaritan, who identified himself as an out-of-state firefighter, stopped his vehicle on the side of I-270 to offer assistance.  After rendering aid he departed before his name could be learned.  The only real identifying feature was a shirt associated with the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service that had occurred in Emmitsburg, MD earlier in the day.

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With that information, and at the request of MCFRS, an impressive social media campaign was initiated by fire service members associated with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to try and track this person down. He was rather quickly identified via the Firefighter Nation Facebook page as Brody Channell who is a Firefighter with the Little Rock, Arkansas Fire Department.

We are also happy to hear via local media that the young girl is recovering in hospital and that her parents are appreciative of everyone’s efforts to save their daughter.

A tip of the helmet again to Officer James Herman and to Firefighter Brody Channell for stopping to help Officer Herman and the young child.  As well, a job well done to Battalion Chief Steve Mann and our crews who responded and transported the young child to the hospital.