VILLAGE OF ORWIN, PORTER TWP. Schuylkill Valley EMS was requested to provide firefighter rehabilitation at the scene of a working residential fire. Crews arrived setting up a rehab sector as firefighters battled not only the fire but the heat of the hottest heat wave in many years for the Northeast. Schuylkill Valley EMS extends our thoughts and prayers for Firefighter Douglas L. Smith, 50, of Williamstown who answered his final call this day. Firefighter Smith sufferred sudden Cardiac Arrest while preparing to respond to the fire at his fire house.
Units:
Schuylkill County West, Dauphin County, Utility 670
