Auburn fire and communications personnel were recognized on Friday for their actions in rescuing a woman with paraplegia from her burning home, and dispatchers said Auburn Public Safety’s Text-to-911 program played a critical role.
Auburn Text-to-911 program played crucial role in saving nonverbal woman from burning home (AL)
A dozen personnel with the Auburn Fire Department and Auburn Public Safety communications were recognized by Piedmont Columbus Regional on Friday as the First Friday Heroes for the month of July for their work in saving a woman with paraplegia from her burning home in April. Catherine Griffith was working as a public safety telecommunicator at the time and said the Text-to-911 program was needed in this particular situation because the survivor is nonverbal.