Project Charlie offers 80 thermal cameras to Alabama fire brigades | News

The death of a little girl after being caught in a house fire triggered a volunteer fire brigade in Northern Alabama to take measures – to prevent this tragedy from taking place from another family. So far, they have had quite an effect.

It was almost three years since 7-year-old Charlie Carroll died of a smoke in a smoke. But her name never fades from Alder Springs's volunteer fire brigade – and it doesn't have its effect either.

Charlie's grandmother, Judy Carroll, said: “One day I went to work, and when I got out, my life was different.”

Judy Carroll's life has changed forever that night. Her free -spiritual granddaughter Charlie was gone.

It is a night that Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Chief James Edwards says that he and his crew will never forget.

“Our firefighter found her, brought her directly to me and put her in my arms. I carried her directly to the ambulance and was with her until the doctor spoke in the emergency room, ”said Chief Edwards.

Since that night in 2022, Chief Edwards has made it their task of not ensuring any other family experiences for this type of loss. He started Project Charlie to collect money to bring thermal imaging cameras in fire brigades across the state. These cameras help firefighters to recognize caught victims through thick smoke and debris – something they didn't have that night.

“This way we can help if you need one and do not have the money because we all work with a low budget. With Project Charlie we can help you bring you a different camera,” said Edwards.

Chef Edwards believes that such a camera could help you reach Charlie earlier. But now her memory lives on by helping others.

“Maybe it was what to do – to protect other people and protect other children,” said Carroll.

Since the start of Project Charlie, 80 warmth image cameras have been housed in fire brigades in Alabama – of them alone in Marshall County, others in the counties Jackson and Madison. And they are already saving life.

“One of the cameras in the south, they had an older person in the forest and they used the camera to find the person,” added Edwards.

Edwards hopes to have equipped every fire station in Alabama and finally over the country with one of these life-saving cameras.

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