Operations & Training

Ossining, NY, Cops Rescue Residents from Burning House

Aug. 9, 2024

Officers found a ladder and placed it against the house to help people escape the spreading fire.

Ossining police officers helped residents flee from a house fire early Tuesday.

Officers who encoutered heavy fire found a ladder and placed it agains the house so residents could get out, WABC reported

They yelled in English and Spanish for people to leave. And at least a half dozen heeded the warning.

Police Chief Aaron Zimmerman said of the rescue: "I got the phone call that night about what had happened...what you witness on the body cam, and what the officers were exposed to and what they saw when they first went there."

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.