Firefighter saved by colleagues after suffering heart attack during training

A Delaware firefighter suffered a heart attack during training, but his colleagues acted quickly to save his life. After an intense day of training at the Delaware Fire School in March 2026, Brandywine Hundred Fire Company Deputy Chief Steve Hammerer just keeled over. The 47-year-old’s heart just gave out. He said he now knows he was on or just over the death line. Within seconds of his collapse, a team was doing chest compressions, and he came back with a hard shock from the def...