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“I can’t tell you how many times we land at a scene of an
accident where the car had minimal damage — but it rolled
over and the people were ejected. If they’d worn their seat
belts, they wouldn’t have been seriously hurt or killed. It’s
tragic. And the calls involving kids are the roughest; they
make me think of my own girls at home.”
“It’s timeless. Kids are always going to do stupid things;
no one thinks the worst will happen to them. But it can be the
parents that are the problem, too, not making the kids wear
their seat belts. I try to explain the things I see, so it becomes
real, not just something that happened to someone else. “
“People don’t get to see the body that is thrown 100
yards away from the car. They can’t imagine the force that’s
involved in an accident, especially on the Turnpike or I-95.
Simply wearing your seatbelt can prevent so much death
and injury.”
Anderson’s stories don’t reveal names or places because of
privacy, but they do bear the details of the tragedy. Like the
car accident years ago where everyone in the car survived but
the woman who was not wearing her seat belt. She was cut
completely in half, thrown from the car.
Another of Anderson’s pet peeves are when people —
especially children — are sleeping in the back seat, without a
seat belt restraint. “They only took their seat belt off because
they were lying down to sleep. But late at night, that’s when
accidents often happen. And that kid will go flying through
the air, sleeping or not.”
Another dangerous habit making headlines is cell phone
use and texting while driving, as portrayed in a recent UK
public service film spreading via computer, which shows
teenage girls who crash their car while texting on the phone.
Critics called the video too graphic for public viewing, but
Brett Anderson disagreed. “They need to do a film like this
for DUI and also about what happens when you don’t wear
a seatbelt. What really happens at an actual accident is ten
times worse than the video shows.”
And it’s a real-life film that Anderson views every day.
Name: Brett Anderson
Age: 46
Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic/
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County Fire Rescue
Family: Wife, Kimberly and two
children, Brooke, age 15 and
Kira, age 12.
Birthplace: Norfolk, VA
Education: Aeronautical Science Program, Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University; Emergency Medical Service Technology
Program, Edison State College; Fire Science Technology
Program, Indian River State College.
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What people don’t know about me: “I help to design and
build the sets for the Port Saint Lucie High School Drama
Program.”
What inspires me: “Anytime that I can make a positive difference
in someone’s life no matter how big or small. “
Proudest accomplishment: “Being married for 21 years to my
wonderful wife and raising two beautiful girls.”