Which is why he should've reached out to the Carolina Emergency Response Team or a related organisation first, rather than the possibly-overwhelmed local first responders who have no role in coordinating the air response.
Which is what a professional such as a fire chief should have calmly told him to do (it takes all of 30 seconds), rather than ordering him to abandon his son and leave, and then threatening to arrest him (even the cops there were scratching their heads at this).