known for daring feats<\/a>, made their way to 229th Street, where they saw smoke pouring out of an attic vent, video shows.<\/p>\nTraining immediately kicked in for the officers, who are both volunteer firefighters in Long Island, and they boldly headed into the blaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI radioed that we needed the FDNY and EMS,\u201d said Vesely. \u201cIt was unknown if we had anyone inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dongvort, 38, grabbed air tanks and door-opening halligan tools, and pressurized water can out of the ESU truck.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a good volume of smoke pushing out of the top,\u201d Dongvort said. \u201cI moved the vehicle off to the side so the FDNY could get in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flames raged through the Cape Cod-style home\u2019s roof as the two ESU cops searched the home for survivors. Obtained by the New York Post<\/p>\n
Video shows the\u00a0courageous\u00a0twosome donning the compressed oxygen packs, prying open doors and scouring the Cape Cod-style home for survivors.<\/p>\n
They checked three smoke-filled bedrooms and didn\u2019t find anyone but became worried when they saw children\u2019s toys.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a secondary search to make sure we weren\u2019t missing anyone,\u201d Dongvort said. \u201cKids hide in very small spaces.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
NYPD Emergency Services Unit Sergeant Bryan Vesely ran into the home to find survivors. Obtained by the New York Post<\/p>\n
ESU Det. Dan Dongvort used a halligan bar to bust through locked doors. Obtained by the New York Post<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Vesley used the water can to knock back flames that licked at the floor and walls.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI went outside to try to get a 360 of the house to see if we were missing anything,\u201d Dongvort said. \u201cTurns out there was a basement apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two went downstairs and roused a sleeping man and woman, and hurriedly escorted them outside, the video shows.<\/p>\n
Vesley then pulled the stairs down from the attic and climbed inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made my way up and it looked like there was a large volume of fire right behind me,\u201d Vesely said. \u201cI tried my best to hold the fire back with the water can.\u201d<\/p>\n
By then, the FDNY was on the scene and took over battling the all-hands blaze. <\/p>\n
The fire broke out in a Queens home on Wednesday. New York City Police Department<\/p>\n
The ESU cops went through all the rooms and amped up their search after spying toys. New York City Police Department<\/p>\n
ESU trucks are stocked with equipment that allows cops to jump into dangerous situations. New York City Police Department<\/p>\n
The residents were treated on the scene, and the woman thanked the cops from inside the ambulance.<\/p>\n
The cause of the blaze is being investigated by fire marshals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not everyday we just happen to roll upon a house fire,\u201d Vesely said. \u201cBut we do deal with high risk rescues and high risk warrants everyday. So something like this is very common for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The humble cops said they don\u2019t need accolades.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to think that any other patrol cop would have done the same thing,\u201d Vesely said. \u201cI think what gave us the advantage was having the proper equipment and our training.\u201d<\/p>\n
The officers had a pressurized water can with them that helped them extinguish some of the flames as they searched. New York City Police Department<\/p>\n
The officers found a sleeping man and woman in a basement apartment and guided them to safety, the video shows. New York City Police Department<\/p>\n
The detective agreed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn reality a lot of what we do is the nooks and crannies of the city and we\u2019re making problems go away for The City of New York,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s really what makes ESU so great. It\u2019s truly about making a difference and doing the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s in our blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Afterwards, the sergeant went to a hospital for an evaluation because of smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI texted my wife that I had to go to the hospital and everything was all right and not to worry,\u201d he said. \u201cShe said, \u2018All right.\u2019 She\u2019s used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They went from the Finest to the Bravest. Two heroic NYPD officers spotted a fire in a Queens…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,3534,4216,35382,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,4413,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-77563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-emergency","10":"tag-fires","11":"tag-heroes","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nypd","20":"tag-queens","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114884664542611773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}