Firefighters in Apollo are preparing to honor their assistant chief who died last week after responding to a number of calls.
On Nov. 20, Kiski Township Assistant Chief Stephen Michael Pavetti, 58, responded to incidents involving trees and wires down. His final alarm was at 8:03 p.m.
After cleaning the apparatus, he and the crew had dinner at the station. Pavetti was involved in the fire service for 18 years.
He was found unresponsive at his home the next afternoon. He was pronounced dead at the scene of a cardiac event, the U.S. Fire Administration reported Tuesday.
Friends will be received on Friday, Nov. 29 from 4-7 at Curran-Shaffer Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 100 Owens View Ave., Apollo. A firefighter's service will be held at 7.
The family also will welcome visitors from 10 a.m. Saturday until the service starts at 11.
Susan Nicol | News Editor
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
