USFA: Cardiac Arrest Claims New Jersey Lieutenant

The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Lieutenant Christopher Hunter, 38, of the Cinnaminson Fire Department on November 15, 2014.

Lieutenant Hunter responded to his last alarm at 0305 hours on 11/14/2014. At 0152 hours the next day Lieutenant Hunter suffered a cardiac arrest at home. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Christopher Hunter at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
 
To date, 75 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014.  Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics


Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.

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