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LODD: Calif. Capt. dies after vehicle-crash response

Capt. Franck Tremaine, 58, died at home several hours after the response.

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JACKSON, Calif. — Capt. Franck Tremaine, 58, died Jan. 10, following a response to a motor vehicle crash the previous evening. His cause of death has not been determined.

Capt. Tremaine was a paid-on call firefighter for the Jackson (Calif.) Fire Department and had more than 40 years of service.

The department’s Facebook page called him “the ultimate public servant” who was instrumental in many firefighters’ careers.

Services for Capt. Tremaine are scheduled for Friday. He leaves behind his wife, daughter and son.