MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930
mebrady@co.pg.md.us @PGFDPIO
The
Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department and Office of the sheriff gratefully acknowledge the College Park Moose Lodge #453 for their recognition of our personnel. The Moose Lodge presented Valor Awards for their actions at the scene of an incident in October 2017.
It was a busy lunch at Babes and Boys Tavern,
also known as Top of the Hill, in Upper Marlboro, on October 24th. It was a typical lunchtime crowd with
numerous Prince George’s County employees with many being from public
safety. Just after 1:00 pm a vehicle
left the roadway and struck the side brick wall of the building. The vehicle drove through the wall into the
dining room narrowly missing Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Christine Wiseman by mere
inches. There was catastrophic
destruction to the building’s interior with several occupants injured. The video shows the destruction and
aftermath. Seated at the counter enjoying
lunch was retired Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Lt. Colonel John Proels. He sustained severe lacerations about his
head as well as contusion injuries. Once
he gathered himself and cleared off the dust he went to doing what he was
trained to do, start helping others.
Despite being seriously injured he started to move debris to access a
critically injured patient that eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Christine
Wiseman immediately went to help the injured and evacuate the walking
wounded. She was soon joined by her
husband who had arrived to enjoy lunch. Fire
Fighter/Medic Captain John L. Wiseman arrived as the dust from the crash was
still settling. Fire Captain Wiseman
began to assess the victims and cleared a path for the firefighters and medics
quick access to the most critically injured.
Additionally, Wiseman was able to relay critical information to
responding incident commanders and fire/EMS department personnel, as they
arrived. Off-duty Fire Fighter S. Zamary also arrived on the scene
moments after the crash occurred and before any Fire/EMS department arrived and
without hesitation went to work assisting with patient care, evacuation and
scene safety.
These public safety personnel were presented with Valor Awards from their respective agencies for their heroic actions in April 2018.
On Friday, August 17, 2018, the College Park Moose presented their Valor Awards to
Retired PGFD Lt. Colonel John Proels
Deputy
Sheriff Sergeant Christine Wiseman
Fire Fighter/Medic Captain John L. Wiseman
Fire Fighter/Medic Zamary
Proels and Zamary were out of town and unable to attend the ceremony.
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| Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Christine Wiseman and Fire Fighter/Medic Captain John L. Wiseman (photo from Sheriifs Office) |
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