FLANDERS, N.J. — A New Jersey firefighter died last month after responding to an EMS call.
Second Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Shields, of the Flanders Fire Department Company #1 and Rescue, was returning home after a call for a child who became overheated at an elementary school when he felt ill and experienced chest pains.
Responders came to his aid but Chief Shields died at a local hospital on May 31.
The 42-year-old volunteer firefighter had served for 23 years.