By FireRescue1 Staff
NEW MILFORD, N.J. — A firefighter died Saturday after suffering a heart attack while on the way to a call.
NJ.com reported that New Milford NJ Volunteer Fire Department firefighter and engineer Frank Matagrano, 75, was responding to a water leak call when he collapsed.
Matagrano’s colleagues used a defibrillator and performed CPR before he was transported to a hospital.
Fire Chief Ross Rhein thanked Fire Company 1, New Milford Ambulance Corp. and Dumont Fire Chief Daniel Molinaro “for their valiant efforts on that night” in a Facebook post.
“Their efforts gave Frank’s family an opportunity to say their goodbyes,” Chief Rhein said.