Officer's bodycam captures his 'brave and heroic' action to rescue a woman in a wheelchair from fire
By: A North Kingstown police officer went above and beyond when he saved a woman in a wheelchair from her burning home.
The chief of North Kingstown police is calling Sgt. Tim Daly's actions "brave and heroic."
The call was for a brush fire, but when Daly arrived at the scene, things were much more serious.
Daly's body-worn camera captured him jumping to action Tuesday as he responded to a house fire on Fletcher Road.
"Someone is in the house, guys," Daly says on the video.
Screams are heard coming from a smoke-filled room.
"I can't move," a woman yells.
Inside, a woman in a wheelchair was unable to escape.
Daly raced to rescue the victim before firefighters arrived.
Other officers also rushed to help get her to safety. They said they could hear explosions coming from the home.
Daly, a 12-year member of the force, shared what was going through his head in those scary moments.
"That I had to get her out of there. And I don't think I could have gone further in. If she was further in, it would have been a hard decision to make whether to go in or not," Daly said.
"She was happy that we got her out. Her hair and face were singed by the heat from the fire," he added.
Humble about his actions that others say likely saved a life.
"Come up the ranks with good leaders that taught me these things, and I'd have to say thanks to them for showing us the way to do it," he said.
The woman was taken to the hospital, but she was expected to be OK.