Singer Shannon Noll who lives in Ellangowan was acknowledged for his efforts to save a person from a car fire in December last year,
VRA Rescue NSW Commissioner Brenton Charlton awarded a Commissioner’s Commendation to Mr Noll for his courageous conduct in trying to save someone after a road traffic crash.
On Saturday, December 9, at about 9pm, a car veered off the road near Casino.
The car collided with a tree and was engulfed in flames with the driver and a passenger still trapped inside.
Without any rescue training, Mr Noll managed to extract the passenger from the burning car, move them away from the fire and do CPR on the unconscious person.
When NSW Police and Casino Rescue Squad members arrived, they took over life-saving efforts with a defibrillator and CPR.
Both occupants in the car died.
Mr Noll had no personal protective equipment to protect himself or others during his rescue attempts. Still, he did what he could to try and save lives.
For his quick actions in a dire emergency situation and taking responsibility and control of a major incident, Mr Noll received the Commissioners Commendation for Courage at Casino VRA Headquarters recently.
