WATERTOWN â A Pennsylvania coronerâs office has determined that the manner of death of city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse was natural causes after he suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise at the state fire academy in early March.
According to a news release Monday, the Bradford County Coronerâs Office determined the cause of death was an anoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and consequence of physical exertion while using a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus â or SCBA â during training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3.
âThe manner of death was determined to be the result of natural causes,â according to the news release.
WATERTOWN — The names of seven Watertown city firefighters who died in the line of duty had been etched into a monument of remembrance outside the South Massey Street fire
WATERTOWN — The names of seven Watertown city firefighters who died in the line of duty had been etched into a monument of remembrance outside the South Massey Street fire
WATERTOWN — Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith wanted to make sure that city residents didn’t have to pay for a city tax increase this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATERTOWN â Peyton L.S. Morse was going to celebrate four years of personal and academic growth when he received his diploma from Siena College later this month.
Instead, family members, close friends and members of the Watertown and Shaker Road-Loudonville fire departments will come together Saturday on the campus, near Albany, for a special commencement ceremony for the fallen city firefighter.
The young firefighter will receive his diploma posthumously after he suffered a medical emergency while training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science in Montour Falls, near Watkins Glen, on March 3. He died March 12.
âThe event is especially for Peyton and is not a part of regular commencement,â city Fire Chief Matthew Timerman said Friday.