Morón firefighter saves infant's life Published March 11, 2015 By Jess Echerri AFCEC Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Crew Chief Franscisco Castillo Oliva, a firefighter at Morón Air Base, Spain, saved the life of his neighbor's two-month-old baby while off duty March 4. Oliva, a foreign-national firefighter at Morón, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the non-responsive baby, until the infant boy began gasping for breath. "I was doing homework with my son when I heard a scream from my neighbor's home," Oliva said. "The baby, he was born two months premature. He spent his first eight weeks in the hospital and had only been home with his family for two weeks." After discovering the baby was dark blue, Oliva immediately went into action to save his life. He instructed his neighbor to drive to the nearest medical aid station, which was about half a mile away. Oliva continued CPR in the car and the baby began breathing normally about 300 meters from the station. The firefighters at Morón Air Base participate in a Department of Defense certification and proficiency training program, developed and managed at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, which maintains skills in fire prevention, aircraft and structural firefighting and rescue, vehicle extrication, confined space rescue and emergency medical response. Although this was Oliva's first time using CPR in an emergency situation, he said his Air Force firefighter training prepared him to save this infant's life. "The DOD certification programs are among the best in the world," said Joseph Rivera, the Morón Air Base fire chief. "Oliva participates and teaches this training each duty day. This gave him the muscle memory to respond to the emergency without having to stop and think too long." The infant was transferred to a local hospital for two days of further care. He is now healthy and back at home with his family.