CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
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Presentation of a Fire Chief's Awards to Todd Overmyer, Nicholas Zillier, Joseph Nussbaum and Christopher Ensign.
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DEPARTMENT: Fire Department
SUBMITTED BY: Ruthi Sommers on behalf of Fire Chief Puknaitis
Todd Overmyer award presentation
On October 21, 2017, Naperville Firefighter/Paramedic Todd Overmyer was driving in the vicinity of Route 53 & Wynstone Drive in Yorkville when he came upon a vehicle vs motorcycle accident. Todd pulled up closer to the incident, parked the car, and rushed over to the fallen motorcycle rider.
Finding the victim unconscious with severe difficulty breathing, Todd immediately took steps to open the man's airway and then checked for injuries noting possible broken wrists and pelvis fracture along with head injuries. Troy Fire Protection District arrived on the scene and Todd relayed information to the crew and then assisted them with packaging and loading the patient into their ambulance. The victim remained unconscious throughout the call.
Had FPM Overmyer not taken the immediate actions he did, the patient may not have survived this accident. Instead the patient has made a full recovery from his injuries.
Nicholas Zillier, Joseph Nussbaum and Christopher Ensign award presentation
In the early evening hours of May 31st, a 14-year old male visitor at Centennial Beach jumped into the water from a diving platform but failed to resurface. When he failed to come back to the top his friends notified a lifeguard.
Lifeguard Nicholas Zillier swam to the bottom of the deep end, found the victim, brought the victim back to the surface and up onto the deck. This is no easy task as the water is 15 feet deep in that area with almost no visibility at the bottom. Lifeguards Joseph Nussbaum and Christopher Ensign immediately started CPR; Joseph was doing ventilations while Christopher was doing compressions.
They had the victim rescued and breathing on his own prior to the fire depart...
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