DETROIT, MI -- Detroit Fire Emergency Medical Technician Ann Marie Thomas was fired Wednesday, according to Detroit Fire Commissioner Edsel Jenkins. 
 
 Thomas is accused of refusing on May 30 to enter a Detroit home where an 8-month-old baby, who was born premature, had stopped breathing inside and was receiving CPR from the mother, later reportedly telling her boss: "I'm not about to be on no scene 10 minutes doing CPR, you know how these families get." 
 
 The story was reported by Shawn Ley of WDIV-TV, Channel 4 News, who obtained the 911 dispatch and other documents related to the incident. 
 
 Detroit Police Commissioner Edsel Jenkins said in a statement Wednesday: 
 
 Today, we conducted an appeals hearing, which Ms. Thomas requested. After reviewing all of the facts of this incident, I have determined that the appropriate course of action is to terminate Ms. Thomas' employment with the Detroit Fire Department effective immediately. 
 
 In an earlier statement, Jenkins said "Thomas was immediately removed from duty following this incident" and had "since filed an appeal." 
 
 
 
 @samriddle @Local4News City won't say why they didn't fire her first before our report, they only suspended her for 29 days. — Shawn Ley (@ShawnLeyLive) June 24, 2015 
 
 According to Ley, Thomas, a veteran EMT, was dispatched to the home where an 8-month-old baby had stopped breathing inside. 
 
 Although she was less than a mile away, it took her six minutes to get the medically-equipped SUV to the scene, at which point Thomas parked around the corner and refused to enter the home. 
 
 The dispatcher is heard saying: "Romeo 33, Medic 51, be advised CPR is being performed on your scene. Romeo 33, Medic 51. CPR is being performed by the baby's mother." 
 
 The ambulance eventually took the child to the hospital where the infant was revived, but died the following day, Channel 4 reports. 
 
 Thomas had a partner, who wasn't named in Ley's report. He said the partner, Thomas's subordinate, wanted to go into the house and help but was told not to. 
 
 A representative for the fire commissioner told MLive he could not speak to media directly without permission from the mayor. 
 
 Duggan's office wouldn't provide reports from the incident and said a Freedom of Information Act request would have to be submitted to the Detroit Law Department for review. 
 
 It's unclear if Thomas will face criminal prosecution. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in 2013 charged a Detroit police dispatcher with misdemeanor willful neglect of duty for failing to follow up on several distress calls that resulted in a fatal shooting. 
 
 Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for Worthy, said the office hadn't receive an investigation on Thomas as of Wednesday. 

 DETROIT, MI -- The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office says a Detroit police 911 dispatcher's slow response is criminal. 
 
 It was about 5:51 a.m. on Aug 30 when dispatcher Craig Miller, 46, of Detroit received multiple calls about an incident. 
 
 He "failed several times to dispatch officers in a timely manner to a 911 police run that resulted in a nonfatal shooting at a location in the 13800 block of Bringard in Detroit," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office says. 
 
 The dispatcher now faces willful neglect of duty by a public official, a misdemeanor that carries a punishment of up to a year in jail or prison. 
 
 Detroit Police Chief James Craig in September said the call involved an active domestic disturbance involving a gun. The female victim made six calls to police asking for help, based on the internal affairs investigation. When Miller did dispatch an officer, they were on the scene within 8 minutes, Craig said. 
 
 A second 911 dispatch incident was submitted to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for possible prosecution but denied for "insufficient evidence." 
 
 The second case of involved a delayed dispatch for a call initiated about 4:45 a.m. May 13 when prosecutors say 911 dispatch received four calls regarding an armed assault in progress. 
 
 The final call came about 6:01 a.m. When medics arrived on scene about 6:14 a.m. they found the woman caller had been fatally stabbed. 
 
 "The facts and evidence were thoroughly reviewed," Worthy's office said in a statement Wednesday. "It was determined that there was insufficient evidence presented to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt that the 911 dispatcher neglected her duty to timely dispatch police officers on a priority call to 911." 
 
 Both dispatchers were suspended without pay after an internal affairs investigation and the commanding officer transferred. 
 
 Chief Craig said Tuesday the average response time for priority 1 calls, the most serious received by 911, is about 10 minutes, a figure that was pushing nearly an hour when he became chief last summer. 
 
 

 JUST WATCH LOCAL 4 STARTING AT 4:30 A.M. AND NOW TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN A LOCAL 4 EXCLUSIVE. DETROIT EMT FIRED FOR REFUSING TO RESPOND TO A EQUAL OF A BABY IN DISTRESS. THAT BABY, LATER DIED. OUR SHAWN LEY FIRST BROKE THE STORY TONIGHT. HE TRACKED DOWN THE EMT. MISS THOMAS I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR SIDE. ANNE MARIE THOMAS CLOSED THE GARAGE DOOR ON US DODGE I QUESTIONS. CAN I GET YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY, PLEASE? UP NEXT, SHE ALMOST HIT OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, AS SHE FLEW DOWN THE STREET. MANY THINK THE NOW FORMER DETROIT FIRE EMT SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR THIS. HOW LONG DID THEY DELAY? THAT'S THE VOICE OF A EMS SUPERVISOR AFTER LEARNING THAT EMT THOMAS REFUSING TO HELP 8-MONTH-OLD TRESTLE. SHE WAS NOT BREATHING. MOTHER CALLING 911 FOR HELP. TO HIM SURFACE PARTNER WERE SPENT THOMAS WANTED TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER CREW AND REFUSED TO TEND TO THE BABY FEARING THE BABY'S FAMILY WOULD BE HOSTILE. A SUPERVISOR IN A REPORT QUOTING THOMAS I AM NOT ABOUT TOK ON NO SCENE 10 MINUTES DOING CPR. YOU KNOW HOW THE FAMILIES GET. BUT SHE NEVER WENT TO THE HOUSE AND INSIDE IT WAS THE BABY AND MOTHER. PERFORMING CPR. AND AN INVESTIGATION FINDING THAT THOMAS IGNORED FOUR ORDERS TO GET TO THAT BABY. 33, 51 STILL GIVING A 12 MINUTE EPA. MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. NOTHING IN THE COMMENTS STATE YOU HAVE A HOSTILE PARENT. YOU HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT. TOTAL RESPONSE TIME WHEN THAT OTHER CREW FINALLY ARRIVED, 19 MINUTES. AND ANIIA DIED THE NEXT DAY. MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IF SHE WOULD HAVE CAME AROUND THAT CORNER AND RESPONDED FOR MY CRY FOR HELP. THAT WAS OUR SHAWN LEY REPORT I CAN. 
 
 Detroit EMT fired for refusing to respond to call of baby in distress 
 
 DETROIT - 
 
 The Detroit fire commissioner has fired an EMT who refused to help a baby when she was just minutes away from the home. 
 
 Commissioner Edsel Jenkins said Ann Marie Thomas's employment with the Detroit Fire Department has been terminated. 
 
 "Today, we conducted an appeals hearing, which Ms. Thomas requested. After reviewing all of the facts of this incident, I have determined that the appropriate course of action is to terminate Ms. Thomas' employment with the Detroit Fire Department effective immediately," said Jenkins in a statement released Wednesday. 
 
 Quick Clicks EMT refuses to respond 
 
 What happened: 
 
 A frantic supervisor ordered the veteran medic to get to the house where a baby was not breathing and her mother was calling for help. Thomas was just around the corner on her pervious run a few streets east. She refused to respond to the scene. 
 
 The 8-month-old baby was exactly 9 tenths of a mile away -- a two minute drive at normal speeds -- but Thomas took six minutes and then shocked dispatchers by telling them "33 is in position on Pembroke around the corner from the scene." 
 
 "33, I’m going to need you to make that scene," said the Detroit Fire EMS supervisor. "You’re going to have to make patient contact." 
 
 Thomas parked her unit on a corner a street away from the baby. She and her partner were in a SUV outfitted to be just like an ambulance to help medics get to people faster. But in this case, Thomas refused to go to the house. 
 
 Click here to view the internal report of this incident. 
 
 911: "Uh, Romeo 33? Updated information that the child is not breathing. The baby was hooked up to an oxygen machine because it was premature. Romeo 33?" 
 
 Even with that information, Thomas and her partner didn't move. 
 
 911: "Romeo 33, Medic 51, be advised CPR is being performed on your scene. Romeo 33, Medic 51. CPR is being performed by the baby's mother." 
 
 'I'm not about to be on no scene 10 minutes doing CPR' 
 
 Two internal investigations were done. The report reads that Thomas told her boss, "I'm not about to be on no scene 10 minutes doing CPR, you know how these families get." 
 
 An ambulance eventually got the baby to a hospital. She was revived but died the next morning. 
 
 "EMT Thomas was immediately removed from duty following this incident," said Commissioner Jenkins. "She has since filed an appeal. As executive fire commissioner, I have the ability to make the ultimate determination." 
 
 Jenkins announced the firing on Wednesday.
– A Detroit EMT has lost her job; a Detroit mother has lost something infinitely more precious. Detroit Police Commissioner Edsel Jenkins on Wednesday announced that Ann Marie Thomas was fired after allegedly refusing to respond to a call made by a mother whose 8-month-old girl had stopped breathing. The child, born premature and on an oxygen machine, was being given CPR by the mother. WDIV has the alleged timeline: It reports that Thomas was 0.9 miles from the home when she was ordered there on May 30; under normal driving conditions that would have been a two-minute drive, but Thomas allegedly took six minutes to get there and reported to dispatchers that she was parked "around the corner from the scene." WDIV reports she allegedly wanted to wait for another crew to arrive. "33, I’m going to need you to make that scene," said the Detroit Fire EMS supervisor, per records obtained by WDIV. "You’re going to have to make patient contact." Per the dispatch records, she didn't, and WDIV cites a report that has Thomas making the following remark: "I'm not about to be on no scene 10 minutes doing CPR, you know how these families get." It took 19 minutes for another crew to arrive. The baby was eventually taken to the hospital but died the next day. No word as to whether criminal charges will be filed, but MLive notes a Detroit police dispatcher was charged with misdemeanor willful neglect of duty two years ago after a woman called 911 six times as an argument turned dangerous; it took more than an hour for the dispatcher to reassign cops to the case. The woman was shot but survived.