A Rabun County firefighter is being treated at an area hospital after suffering a medical emergency while on duty.
The volunteer firefighter was helping Station 4 put out a brush fire on Burns Lane in Lakemont Friday evening, November 26, when the incident occurred.
“Care was rendered by his fellow firefighters until Rabun County EMS arrived,” says Rabun County Fire Services Assistant Chief Justin Upchurch. EMS transported the firefighter to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville where, as of early Saturday, November 27, he remained, undergoing treatment.
Upchurch did not disclose the nature of the firefighter’s emergency and did not disclose his name.
“I would like to thank Habersham and Hall County for controlling the intersections through their counties to make sure our firefighter arrived at the hospital as quickly as possible,” he says.
