Shepherd TX Fire Department

R.I.P. Chief Nicklas

February 24, 2005 - LODD
Chief Lonnie Nicklas, 39
Shepherd Fire Department. Shepherd, TX
Chief Nicklas conducted and participated in training activities over the period of several days and during that time had complained of a constant discomfort he described as a gas bubble? just above his stomach and under his heart/sternum. At approximately 2345hrs on 02/23/2005, Nicklas awoke and sat upright in bed telling his wife, a fellow firefighter/EMT, that the pain had become much worse spreading between his shoulder blades. He declined having an ambulance called but consented to be driven to the hospital. While preparing to depart the residence, Nicklas collapsed and quit breathing. His wife called 911 and initiated CPR. Other firefighters arrived with an AED and shocked him several times with no improvement. Paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later (from an adjacent town) and began advanced life support with no results. Further attempts to revive Nicklas at the hospital also met with negative results and he was pronounced dead early in the morning of 02/24/2005.

February 24 we will be opening the bids for the Chevrolet truck if you’re wanting to put a bid in you still have time to hand deliver it to us