Calif. firefighter dies after responding to grass fire
Posted: October 8th, 2010 | Author: jason | Filed under: disaster, wildfires | Tags: Department, fire district, fire firefighter, firefighter, firefighter paramedics, grass, grass fire, heart, heart attack, jim saunders, line of duty, local hospital, metropolitan fire, morning, thursday morning | No Comments »SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A firefighter died after suffering a heart attack at a fire over the weekend.
Sacramento, Calif., Metropolitan Fire District Firefighter Jim Saunders collapsed while fighting a grass fire.
Firefighter Saunders, a 22-year veteran of the department, was treated on scene by firefighter/paramedics and transported to a local hospital, where he died Thursday morning.
A Line of Duty Death Funeral is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 12.