An Ames firefighter was found unresponsive in the fire station Friday morning after he stayed at the end of his shift to exercise.
According to a release from the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Steven Paul Buser was on duty on Thursday and had responded to a call at 7p.m. and finished his shift 12 hours later at 7 a.m. He stayed, by himself, at the end of the shift to exercise.
At about 9:30 a.m. this morning, someone entered the fire station and found him unresponsive, according to the USFA release. Buser was taken to the hospital were he was pronounced dead from a cause and nature yet to be determined. He was an 18-year veteran of the department.
To date, there have been 23 firefighter fatalities reported, according to the USFA.
