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WATERTOWN â National investigators were in Watertown for three days talking to city fire department officials and family members as part of their investigations into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise at the state fire academy in early March. Investigators from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, spent some of Friday, Saturday and part of Monday before leaving and heading to Rochester to begin the next phase of their investigation into what happened at the New York State Academy of Fire Science, city Fire Chief Matthew Timerman said Monday afternoon. ....
WATERTOWN â State and national investigators were at the state fire academy Wednesday as part of their investigations 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 there in early March. Investigators from Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau, or PESH, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, were at the site Wednesday to âofficiallyâ begin their investigations into what happened, city Fire Chief Matthew Timerman said Thursday. It was six weeks ago when the young firefighter was found unresponsive while wearing a breathing apparatus during a training exercise at the academy in Montour Falls, near Watkins Glen, on March 3. Mr. Morse, 21, died nine days later. ....
WATERTOWN â The city will conduct its own investigation into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse following an incident at the stateâs fire academy in early March. The city has retained a private investigative firm, AMRIC Associates Ltd., Syracuse, to conduct the investigation into what happened when the young firefighter became unresponsive while training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. Nine days later, Mr. Morse died at a Pennsylvania hospital. A Pennsylvania coroner has not yet determined the cause and manner of his death. âWe want to find out what happened and what caused it,â City Manager Kenneth A. Mix said Wednesday. ....