WATERTOWN â The city will conduct its own investigation into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse following an incident at the stateâs fire academy in early March.
The city has retained a private investigative firm, AMRIC Associates Ltd., Syracuse, to conduct the investigation into what happened when the young firefighter became unresponsive while training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. Nine days later, Mr. Morse died at a Pennsylvania hospital.
A Pennsylvania coroner has not yet determined the cause and manner of his death.
âWe want to find out what happened and what caused it,â City Manager Kenneth A. Mix said Wednesday.
Community says goodbye to Watertown firefighter
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Firefighter Trainee Dies After Being Stricken in Upstate New York March 17, 2021
A 21-year-old man who suffered a medical emergency during firefighter training in upstate New York died nine days after being stricken.
Peyton Morse died at Guthrie Hospital in Sayre, Penn., according to fire officials. He had been training to become a firefighter in Watertown.
Morse had been participating in an 11-week training course at the State Academy of Fire Science Training on March 3 near Watkins Glen. He had been working with a breathing apparatus when he became unresponsive and was taken to the hospital in nearby Pennsylvania, according to WWNY-TV.