Steve Olinik Jr. suffered a heart attack while responding to a fire call
By Stacy Millberg
Star Beacon
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A light snow began to fall Saturday as the ashes of fallen Rome Township Volunteer Firefighter Steve Olinik Jr. were carried onto the fire engine taking him on his final ride.
Olinik, 65, of Dorset Township, died March 30 after suffering a heart attack while responding to a fire call on March 29.
“We had a couple of calls that day,” said Rome Township Fire Chief Ed Koziol. “He went home after the first call and came back to respond as mutual aid to Orwell.”
Koziol said when Olinik arrived at the fire hall, the first vehicle had already left and a second crew was standing-by to see if additional help was needed. Olinik greeted the other firefighters and collapsed. Firefighters and emergency personnel at the station administered resuscitation efforts until South Central Ambulance District personnel arrived to transport him to Ashtabula County Medical Center, where he died at 5:30 a.m. the next day.
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