Fireman honored for rescue
Published: February 7, 2007
New Navasota firefighter Eddie Parrott was honored Jan. 22 for his lifesaving effort, but he said teamwork made the rescue possible
Parrott likely saved the life of Navasota’s Eugene Allen Jan. 12. Navasota Fire Department units were dispatched to 4488 E. Hwy 105, near Navasota, that morning. When they got there, they found a trailer house nearly fully engulfed in flames. A family member said her grandmother, the 59-year-old Allen, was still inside the trailer, in a back bedroom.
Parrott went inside, and after some tense moments of searching, found Allen lying on the floor by her bed. He got her secured and ran her outside.
At the Jan. 22 Navasota City Council meeting, Deputy Chief/Department Head Jason Katkoski gave Parrott an award of valor for his effort.
Parrott, recently hired by the city after 14 years with the Houston Fire Department, described how the situation played out.
“I was kind of past thinking,” he said. “(But) they try to keep you from getting … tunnel vision (in fire academy).”
But he stressed that it wasn’t his work alone.
“If it wasn’t for all the guys in the Navasota Fire Department, this wouldn’t be possible. And the good Lord put me there,” he said.
Parrott also talked a bit about the adrenaline involved in a rescue.
A firefighter’s full bunker suit can be heavy, and with the adrenaline of a rescue effort flowing heavy, a rescue can seem fast and furious.
“After you’re done, you’re pretty drained,” he said.
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