NY Fire Company Chief Dies after Heart Attack

Nov. 20, 2019
Darryll Rollins, the chief of department for the North Amityville Fire Company on Long Island, was found unresponsive at his home the morning after responding to a fire.

A New York fire chief died Wednesday following a heart attack, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

Darryll Rollins, the chief of department for the North Amityville Fire Company on Long Island, had returned home after responding to a residential fire at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, the agency said in an alert Thursday. Rollins, 42, was found unresponsive the next morning and was immediately taken to the hospital, where he died from cardiac arrest.

"Please keep the Rollins’ family and the North Amityville Fire Company in your thoughts and prayers," the Suffolk County Fire Chiefs post stated.

Firehouse.com News will update this story as more details are available.

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