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HEATHER CASEY
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Penn. firefighter Grant F. Trick, 49, passed away Sunday at the Canton Boro Fire Department in Bradford County due to an apparent heart attack while preparing to respond to a controlled burn.
Trick had 24 years of service with the volunteer department, 17 of those as chief.
"He had responded to the station and had just called out for more people to respond to the burn, and he got sick and collapsed at that particular time," said Bob Miller, supervisor of fire training for the state of Pennsylvania.
Other firefighters at the station called for paramedics, who treated Trick for a heart attack and brought him to Troy Community Hospital, 10 miles away.
Trick died at about 10:30 a.m., Miller said. Although it appears that he died of a heart attack, an autopsy report is not yet available.
Trick leaves behind his wife, LouAnn, and two children - Sherry, 24, and Shawn, 18. He was involved in the Fire Chiefs Association in Bradford County, the Fireman's Association of the State of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Arson Association.
The Canton Boro Fire Department has 40 active firefighters and serves a population of 7,000 throughout 200 sq. miles in three counties, said Chief Kim D. Jennings, who took office as chief in January, with Trick as his assistant.
The viewing will take place tonight, August 15, from 6 - 9 p.m. at Pepper Funeral Home, about a mile south of Canton on Rt. 14. The funeral service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the same location.
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