USFA: Heart Attack Claims South Carolina Firefighter

The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter-Paramedic Kellen Andrew Fleming, 29, of Westview-Fairforest Fire Department on November 1, 2014.

Firefighter-Paramedic Fleming suffered a heart attack in the bunkroom of the firehouse in the early morning hours of November 1st. 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.

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter-Paramedic Kellen Andrew Fleming at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
 
To date, 72 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.