Life-Saving Award and Citizen Recognition Award 2021
Fire Policeman Dale Willey - Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co.
Donald Smith - Sussex Citizen
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, Sussex EOC dispatched Station 72 to the location of Coverdale Road and Seashore Highway for a motor vehicle crash with entrapment and fire in the Bridgeville Fire District. Before the arrival of fire apparatus and no protective equipment Fire Policeman Dale Willey from Station 78 and passing citizen Correction Officer Donald Smith saw a burning vehicle and with (1) the victim from a burning vehicle who was in need of medical attention. Without this quick action, the victim may have endured serious injury or death and is alive today. Bridgeville Fire Engine 72-1 arrived and extinguished the vehicle fire and EMS transported the victim for care.