DeKalb fireman killed in the line of duty was ‘elite firefighter,’ father of 5

A DeKalb County firefighter who was killed in the line of duty on Monday has been identified Channel s Michael Doudna was at a news conference on Tuesday morning where DeKalb County Fire Chief Darnell Fullem identified the victim as Master Firefighter Preston Fant Fullem says that more than firetrucks and more than firefighters responded to a warehouse fire on a movie production company s property on South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road While battling the fire Fant was reportedly overcome by fire conditions and had to be rescued by other firefighters He was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital where he later died Fullem says that Fant is the first DeKalb County firefighter to have died in the line of duty while battling a fire Fant spent all years of his institution with the department at Fire Station on Redan Road where the news conference was held Read more of this story at wsbtv com The post DeKalb fireman killed in the line of duty was elite firefighter father of appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta