BALTIMORE — A Baltimore firefighter remains in critical condition after suffering a medical emergency while battling a fire on Saratoga Street on May 12, WMAR reported.
Fire Chief James Wallace said the firefighter experienced the emergency while on an aerial ladder.
“As a result of that medical emergency, he fell backwards, down the ladder,” Fire Chief James Wallace said. “Our crews did just an absolutely remarkable job, removing this member from the ladder and getting him over to Shock Trauma.”
Wallace identified the firefighter as 44-year-old Lieutenant Mark Dranbauer, a 23-year department veteran, who remains in critical and guarded condition.
Dranbauer comes from “an emergency services family,” the chief said, asking the public to keep him and his loved ones in their thoughts and prayers.
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