10-Year Old Penngrove Boy Saves His Mother's Life in #Petaluma

Captain Dan Farren, Joe Kelly, and Firefighter Paramedic Shay Burke

This story reminded me of one that we recently reported about Lewis from Forestville who save his father’s life called ‘ Saves Lives Sonoma helps 13-Year Old Lewis Save the Life of His Father with CPR.’ Joe is a 10-year old from Penngrove and 5th grader at St. Vincent Elementary School. Joe under a tremendous amount of pressure would help save his mother’s life in a Petaluma parking lot.

A little after 7PM On December 15, 2014 Gabe Kearney, Vice Major, called the Petaluma Council meeting to order. He announced the first agenda item was Petaluma Fire Department to present a Citizen-In-Action Award. Captain Dan Farren and Firefighter/Paramedic Shay Burke approached the podium and started to play the 911 call.

Captain Dan Farren explained how on the evening of September 25th 2014 at Trader Joes in Petaluma Joe noticed something was not right with his mother. We interviewed the family and they told us that Joe assisted his mother to their car – and no matter how much Joe tried to help her nothing was working. She was nearly unconscious when he took her cell phone and called his father Dennis, a San Francisco Firefighter who was on duty at the time. Dennis immediately called Rancho Adobe Fire in Penngrove. The on duty captain called Redwood Empire Dispatch Communications Authority (REDCOM), which is the fire and medical dispatch for entire Sonoma County, and gave them what little information they had.

Click here to find out how Joe worked with REDCOM to get the fire and safety personnel to his location including video of the presentation with recording of the 911 call.