A 60-year-old firefighter and paramedic with the Anderson Township (Ohio) Fire & Rescue Department died Sept. 5 of a sudden illness several hours after responding to a call reporting a smell of smoke in a Cincinnati nursing home.
According to a release from the United States Fire Administration, Kevin Ollier responded to the call at 3:43 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4 and died the next morning after the unspecified illness.
According to a news release from the fire department, Ollier, who lived in Union Township, joined the department in 2001. Prior to that, he worked as a firefighter/paramedic with the Union Township (Ohio) Fire Department, starting part time in that position in 1990. He also worked at UC Mobile Care from 1994 to 2012 and was a registered nurse at University Hospital.
“Kevin was very interested in caring for emergency patients, from his first day as an EMT, to paramedic, to a nurse,” said Fire Chief Mark Ober of the Anderson Township Fire and Rescue Department in the news release. “He was passionate about emergency medical services.”
According to Ollier’s obituary, he is survived by a daughter, his mother sisters and a brother, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends. The obituary also reported he was an avid runner and swimmer and loved animals.
A Mass of Christian burial was scheduled for Friday, Sept. 12, at noon in the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cincinnati. Interment was planned for in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
