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    1. Safety & Health

    Calif. Inmate Firefighter Suffers Fatal Heart Attack

    April 16, 2015
    Raymond Araujo, 37, was stricken during training on Monday.

    Source Firehouse.com News

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    A 37-year-old inmate firefighter was stricken during training on Monday.

    Raymond Araujo was taking part in a training on the Morongo Indian Reservation near Banning when he collapsed.

    He was flown by helicopter to a base camp were CAL Fire and Riverside County firefighters treated him for a heart attack. 

    “The inmates who volunteer to protect our communities from the devastation of fires perform a valuable public service, and it is a sad event when we lose one of them,” California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Undersecretary Scott Kernan said.

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