HICKORY, N.C. — A firefighter in N.C. suffered a medical emergency while on a detail and died Monday.
Firefighter Chad Settlemyre, 25, of the Sawmills Fire Rescue Department, was engaged in a work detail away from the department on Sunday.
Firefighter Settlemyre was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital, but he died Monday at Frey Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C.