Post by Chief100 on Mar 14, 2005 16:46:13 GMT -5
Name: Lonnie Wayne Nicklas
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 8
Date of Incident: 02/23/2005
Time of Incident: 2345hrs
Date of Death: 02/24/2005
Fire Department Name: Shepherd Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department Address: PO Box 880, Shepherd, TX 77371
Fire Department Phone: 936-628-6566
Fire Department Chief: Assistant Fire Chief Roy Pippin
Cause of Death: Chief Nicklas conducted and participated in training activities over the period of several days and during that time had complained of a constant discomfort he described as a “gas bubble” just above his stomach and under his heart/sternum. At approximately 2345hrs on 02/23/2005, Nicklas awoke and sat upright in bed telling his wife, a fellow firefighter/EMT, that the pain had become much worse spreading between his shoulder blades. He declined having an ambulance called but consented to be driven to the hospital. While preparing to depart the residence, Nicklas collapsed and quit breathing. His wife called 911 and initiated CPR. Other firefighters arrived with an AED and shocked him several times with no improvement. Paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later (from an adjacent town) and began advanced life support with no results. Further attempts to revive Nicklas at the hospital also met with negative results and he was pronounced dead early in the morning of 03/24/2005.
Funeral Arrangements: 2/28/2005 at Chochran Funeral Home.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Nicklas Memorial Fund, C/O 1st State Bank, PO Box 1375, Shepherd, TX 77371
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 8
Date of Incident: 02/23/2005
Time of Incident: 2345hrs
Date of Death: 02/24/2005
Fire Department Name: Shepherd Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department Address: PO Box 880, Shepherd, TX 77371
Fire Department Phone: 936-628-6566
Fire Department Chief: Assistant Fire Chief Roy Pippin
Cause of Death: Chief Nicklas conducted and participated in training activities over the period of several days and during that time had complained of a constant discomfort he described as a “gas bubble” just above his stomach and under his heart/sternum. At approximately 2345hrs on 02/23/2005, Nicklas awoke and sat upright in bed telling his wife, a fellow firefighter/EMT, that the pain had become much worse spreading between his shoulder blades. He declined having an ambulance called but consented to be driven to the hospital. While preparing to depart the residence, Nicklas collapsed and quit breathing. His wife called 911 and initiated CPR. Other firefighters arrived with an AED and shocked him several times with no improvement. Paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later (from an adjacent town) and began advanced life support with no results. Further attempts to revive Nicklas at the hospital also met with negative results and he was pronounced dead early in the morning of 03/24/2005.
Funeral Arrangements: 2/28/2005 at Chochran Funeral Home.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Nicklas Memorial Fund, C/O 1st State Bank, PO Box 1375, Shepherd, TX 77371