James "Jimmy" Scanlon
Assistant Chief
Hopkins Fire Department
Hopkins, MN
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Status: Paid-On-Call
Years of Service: 14
Date of Incident: Nov. 2, 2022
Date of Death: Nov. 4, 2022
On Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, Assistant Chief James “Jimmy” Scanlon responded to a fire alarm at an apartment complex. The next day, within 24 hours, he was returning from his regular job when he began to feel ill and pulled off to the side of the road. He went into cardiac arrest and EMS immediately responded. He was transported to the hospital where he passed away on the morning of Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, from a heart attack.
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