Tenn. Chief Dies after Responding to Call

By Bill Carey
24 December 2024

HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — A Tennessee fire department announced the death of its fire chief after a cardiac arrest event after responding to a call.

Henderson County Fire Chief Joseph Lynn Murphy died on 20 Dec., WSMV reported. Murphy had suffered a medical emergency within 24 hours of responding to an emergency call on 17 Dec.

“Chief Lynn Murphy suffered a cardiac arrest event Tuesday evening within 24 hours of answering an emergency call. He was taken to the hospital in Jackson where he regained a pulse, but has not regained consciousness,” the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association posted on social media. “During testing [19 Dec.], the physicians advised that he has sustained life-ending brain damage.”

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