Miss. FF Collapses at Scene, Dies
A Mississippi firefighter died Jan. 14 after collapsing at a fire scene.
Jerry Thompson, 55, of Linwood Fire Department in Union, Miss., was helping to mop up at a mobile home fire when he suffered an apparent heart attack.
Fellow firefighters initiated CPR, and Thompson was flown to Laird Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the USFA.