By Bill Carey
FireRescue1
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The U.S. Forest Service reported the death of a firefighter assigned to the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
The firefighter had been identified as Daniel Foley. WKBW reported. The 27-year-old died after completing a routine preparedness activity, according to the report.
Foley started as a junior firefighter with the Twin District Volunteer Fire Company in Lancaster, N.Y., and became an active firefighter in 2014.
Foley later worked as an EMT with AMR and a professional firefighter in Fauquier County, Va. Returning to Lancaster, he worked at the Buffalo VA Hospital before joining the U.S. Forest Service Wildland Firefighters.
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