Today we sit down with the Dallas Firefighter Association President Jeff Patterson.
After growing up in Plano Texas, Jeff answered the call to serve in 2008 when he applied for the Dallas Fire Department and once, he stepped into that role and into the firehouse he knew that he was where he needed to be. He then had a second family as he now was a firefighter in Dallas and was assigned to one of the busiest areas in one of the most violent parts of Dallas.
On May 3rd, 2014, Jeff and his team answered a house fire call in the 4700 block of Chilton in Dallas and his life and his family’s life changed forever.
Jeff found himself trapped in the burning house and had to be dragged out from a window by one of his teammates, but the damage had been done.
He suffered third degree burns to nearly half of his body and was placed into a medically induced coma for six weeks to recover from these burns.
During this stay in the Parkland Burn ICU and his stay at Zale Lipshy enduring rehab his beautiful wife was diagnosed with cancer.
Another life hurdle for the Patterson family but as their friends and family bonded together they came out the other side stronger and with a different mission to give back.
This episode will release on the ten year anniversary of this incident.
This is the story resiliency, fait, and sheer willpower to survive and serve.
Critical Incident:
5/3/2014 on the 4700 block of Chilton.