Name: Walter Szelag
Rank: Captain
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 16
Date of Incident:11/20/2015
Time of Incident: 1615hrs
Date of Death: 11/20/2015
Fire Department: City of Detroit Fire Department
Address: 1301 3rd Street, Suite 728, Detroit, MI 48226
Fire Department Chief: Executive Fire Commissioner Eric Jones
Incident Description: Captain Szelag became ill from an apparent heart attack while on-duty with the City of Detroit Fire Department’s Fire Boat 1. According to initial reports, crew members radioed for an ambulance to be sent to the fire boat station where Szelag was working to prepare the fire boat for the winter season. Captain Szelag was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital but succumbed to his injury.
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