Firefighters in the Pilot Grove Fire Protection District are mourning the loss of their assistant chief.
After helping with a stubborn grass fire Monday afternoon, Assistant Chief Donald Kammerich, 64, returned home.
He was found unresponsive at his home hours later. Despite life-saving efforts from fellow firefighters, he was pronounced dead at his home that evening, the U.S. Fire Administration reported Wednesday.
Kammerich had been with the fire service for 35 years.
The Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. Friday, March 14 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove. Visitation will follow until 8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 15. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.
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.
