Firefighter Joseph Scott Northup Sr.

At 8:30 A.M., Firefighter Northup and members of his fire department responded to a fire call. Firefighter Northup responded in his personal vehicle, but the call was cancelled by the incident commander prior to reaching the scene.

Firefighter Northup was not feeling well and called his wife to say that he was coming home. Firefighter Northup went to an EMS office complaining of chest pain at approximately 10:00. He was placed on a cardiac monitor, and the results were normal. He was advised by EMS to go to the hospital but refused and said that he would go if he felt worse later. Just after noon, Firefighter Northup's wife found him unresponsive on the couch at home. EMS was called and found Firefighter Northup without a pulse and not breathing.