The rapid response and quick application of lifesaving techniques by three Syosset Fire Department members helped save the life of a young drowning victim in the late afternoon hours of Thursday, July 3. Efforts to revive a second drowning victim, the child's 49-year-old nanny, were unsuccessful.

At approximately 4 p.m., the paramedic assigned to Nassau County Police Ambulance 2362 placed a radio call to the Syosset Fire Dispatcher saying he was responding from a distance to a report of a double drowning in the heart of Syosset. Simultaneously, the dispatcher was receiving a 911 call for the incident.

Just four blocks from the drive address, Ex-Captain and Fire Commissioner Roy Brouillard heard the radio transmission from the police ambulance on his fire department radio pager and headed straight to the scene, arriving in about a minute.

Ex-Captain Doug Share also heard the call in his personal car on nearby Jackson Avenue and arrived right behind Brouillard.

According to the Deputy Commanding Officer of the NCPD's Public Information Office, prior to the call to 911, Ana Maria Montano Degimenez, a nanny was supervising a male, 3, and his two older siblings by the side of a pool. At some point, the male, 3, allegedly took off his life vest and entered the pool. The nanny jumped into the pool in an effort to get the boy. The mother of the three children heard the commotion and looked out of a second story window and saw the boy and the nanny in the pool.

Commissioner Roy Brouillard and Ex-Captain Doug Share entered the home via the front door looking for a way to access the pool area in the rear. They were met by the child's mother, with her limp and blue son in her arms.

Brouillard, an EMT for over two decades, took the child in his arms and began to attempt mouth-to-mouth breathing, but the child's airway was filled with water. With the help of Share, he moved the child to the floor and continued efforts to clear the child's airway.

A moment later, Brouillard and Share were joined on scene by Assistant Robert Kaplan, who pulled up in his Fire Department vehicle with additional medical supplies and equipment, including oxygen and a cardiac defibrillator.

Brouillard continued efforts to clear the child's airway, applying back blows and chest thrusts until the child finally vomited up a great deal of water, allowing him to infuse the child's lungs with fresh air. Shortly after, the child began to regain his color - a very good sign.

Meanwhile, Share headed to the backyard, where he worked with a police officer and a neighbor to remove the nanny from the pool. As Chief Kaplan joined them in the yard, the group began resuscitative efforts, including CPR, on the nanny.

Moments later, SFD and NCPD ambulances arrived on scene and helped speed both victims to nearby North Shore Syosset Hospital. The child was stabilized and transferred to Schneider Children's Hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition. The Syosset Hospital emergency room team continued resuscitative efforts on the nanny for some time but to no avail. She was pronounced dead and her body was transported to Nassau University Medical Center morgue pending a medical examiner's report.

"We are extremely proud of the efforts of these three SFD members and all the other members of our Department who assisted them at the scene and enroute to the hospital," said Chief of Department Thomas Feeney. "This incident shows the tremendous importance of having trained rescuers - both firefighters and EMS providers - living, working and playing right here in our community, available to respond to a neighbor's call for help on a moment's notice."

Homicide Squad and the Second Squad are investigating. There is no suspicion of criminality.