Nevada Fire Chief Dies During Wildland Training

The assistant chief of the Hungry Valley (NV) Volunteer Fire Department died after suffering a heart attack during wildland training.

Donovan Garcia Jr., 52, died on duty, according to a report from the Reno-Gazette Journal.

Garcia was participating in a wildland fire training in Hungry Valley when he collapsed, and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

For more, go to http://on.rgj.com/Sv0mOY.

Numerous firefighters have fallen this year after suffering heart attacks on the job. In late May, a Baltimore County (MD) firefighter died of a suspected heart attack during training, and the Birmingham (AL) fire chief died unexpectedly of a suspected massive heart attack. In April, a longtime West Virginia volunteer fire chief was also felled by an apparent heart attack.

 

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