A young South Carolina firefighter-paramedic passed away over the weekend.
According to a report from the U.S. Fire Administration, Westview-Fairforest (SC) Firefighter-Paramedic Andrew Fleming suffered a heart attack in the bunkroom of the firehouse in the early morning hours of November 1. He was 29.
Fleming was treated immediately by a fellow paramedic and other responders at the station and was then transported to the hospital where he went into cardiac arrest. Despite efforts to revive him, Fleming succumbed to his injury. Firefighter-Paramedic Fleming had responded to several emergency incidents and worked fire prevention activities in the hours leading up to his fatal injury.
The Westview-Fairforest Fire Department is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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