Incident Name:
Date: 8/5/99
Personnel: Michael Eugene “Cuppie” Cupp, Sr
Age: 48
Agency/Organization: Cygnet Volunteer Fire Department, Cygnet, OH
Position: chief
Summary: Chief Cupp and members of his Fire Department had just completed the extinguishment of a brush fire on a vacant lot. As Chief Cupp returned to his truck, he collapsed of an apparent heart attack. Despite EMS care on the scene, enroute to the hospital, and in the hospital, Chief Cupp was pronounced dead later that night.
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Cygnet Volunteer Fire Department, 325 Front Street Cygnet, OH 43413
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