HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-02-28 CorrespondenceWAIVER OF NOTICE AND CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING
THE UNDERSIGNED, Mayor and Councilpersons, being all
the members of the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, and all
being present at a special meeting of the City Council held
at 7:30 o'clock, P•M., on the 28th day of February , 1989 ,
in the Council Chambers at the Civic Center in Iowa
City, Iowa, do hereby waive any and all requirements of the
calling of a special meeting, pursuant to the Ordinances
and Resolutions of the City of Iowa City, as to notice of time
and place of the meeting and do hereby consent to the holding
of said special meeting for the purpose of see attached agenda.
Dated this
28th day of February , 19 S9
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 17, 1989
TO: City Council
THRU: Steve Atkins, City Manager
FROM: Larry Kinney, Fire Marshal/
Larry Donner, Fire Chief (_
RE: Commendation for Don Young
Just before 6:00 a.m., the morning of December 22, 1988, Don Young was
walking to work when he noticed a fire in the bedroom window of a neigh-
bor's house located at 630 South Capitol. He immediately ran to the
front door and attempted to wake his neighbor.
He then ran back to his residence and phoned the Fire Department. Upon
arrival of the fire personnel, Mr. Young told the firefighters he had seen
flames in the house.
The doors on the structure were all locked. Fire personnel broke through
the front door to search for occupants and extinguish the fire. The struc-
ture was full of thick, brown, acrid smoke. As the firefighters searched
they found Mr. Frye, unconscious, laying face down on the kitchen floor.
Mr. Frye was immediately moved outside the burning structure. Ambulance
personnel were on the scene and started life saving techniques. Mr. Frye
was then transported to University of Iowa Hospital and placed in the care
of Dr. Keeley, Director of the burn Unit.
Mr. Frye suffered from severe carbon monoxide poisoning. He had 480M car-
bon monoxide in his system. In most cases this would have been a lethal
dose.
Fortunately, however, University of Iowa Hospitals just purchased a hyper-
baric chamber earlier that month. Mr. Frye was unconscious, near death,
and listed in critical condition when he was placed in the chamber. In a
very short time, his carbon monoxide level was reduced from 48% to a tol-
erable level of 6%. Mr. Frye regained consciousness in the hyperbaric
chamber and was released from the hospital a week later.
Thanks to Don Young, William Frye is now leading an active, healthy life.
Mr. Young's efforts to assist a neighbor started a chain of events that
saved a life. If Mr. Young had not taken the prompt action he did, there
is no doubt Mr. Frye would have died in the fire on December 22, 1988.
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