A State Fire Marshal Story
At a recent meeting of the S.E. Fire Chiefs' Association, Hastings Fire Chief Mark Holmes told the group about a response involving a man with a heart attack. The incident occurred at a campground south of Hastings. Upon arrival, the ambulance crew noticed the man on the ground was receiving CPR and the person administering CPR was State Fire Marshal Jerry Rosendahl. Jerry continued to provide assistance to Hastings firefighters until the patient was transferred to the hospital. Sadly, the man did not survive. He had been waiting for a heart transplant and a later autopsy showed that not much could have been done to save him. Chief Holmes said it was quite a surprise to the crew when they found out who was providing emergency assistance. But, for those of us who know Jerry, we weren't surprised at all.