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WATERTOWN â Fire Chief Matthew Timerman is not satisfied that state fire administrators have not initiated an internal investigation into how city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse died after he suffered a medical emergency while training at the state fire academy in early March.
Stressing itâs been five months since the young firefighter died, Chief Timerman said Wednesday heâs requesting that the state Office of Fire Prevention and Control immediately begin an investigation into what led to Mr. Morseâs death.
He sent a letter on Tuesday to acting state fire administrator James Cable, who oversees the state fire academy, for the state to stop âstonewallingâ the investigation and provide answers to what happened.
WATERTOWN â A Pennsylvania coronerâs office has determined that the manner of death of city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse was natural causes after he suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise at the state fire academy in early March.
According to a news release Monday, the Bradford County Coronerâs Office determined the cause of death was an anoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and consequence of physical exertion while using a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus â or SCBA â during training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3.
âThe manner of death was determined to be the result of natural causes,â according to the news release.
WATERTOWN â Fire Chief Matthew Timerman went down to see how Peyton Morse and a fellow recruit were doing with training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3.
He gave words of encouragement to Mr. Morse, wished the young recruit well and told him heâd see him back in Watertown over the weekend.
He and the small contingent of city firefighters left the academy at about 12:30 p.m. after the visit that day.
It was the last time the chief saw Mr. Morse alive.
A memorial honors fallen firefighters, where Peyton Morseâs name will soon be added, outside of the Emma Flower Taylor Fire Station on South Massey Street on Friday in Watertown. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times
WATERTOWN â The state attorney generalâs office will not conduct an investigation into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise at the state fire academy in early March.
Assemblyman Mark C. Walczyk, R-Watertown, and state Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, were notified that Attorney General Letitia A. James will not proceed with an inquiry into the young firefighterâs death. He was found unresponsive following mask-confidence training involving breathing apparatus at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3.
Michael J. Schenk, Mr. Walczykâs chief of staff, said he was told by a representative from the attorney generalâs office that it would be a conflict of interest if her office would have to legally defend the state fire academy.