Senior Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Douglas "Doug" Haase, SR., 60, of the St. Charles Fire Department on February 1, 2012 passed away while on duty.
The 27-year-veteran St. Charles firefighter apparantly died of natural causes according to news sources while on duty Feb. 1 at the St. Charles Fire Station No. 2, 1550 South Main Street in St. Charles, Missouri.
Douglas "Doug" Haase, of Troy, MO, went to bed late after running a call Tuesday night, and his shift was supposed to end at 7:30, Wednesday morning, said fire department spokesman Dan Casey. When Haase didn't come down in the morning or turn off his alarm, the firefighters found him, Casey said. His fellow firefighters found him slumped in his bed shortly before 7 a.m. .
Haase was a firefighter engineer and paramedic for the city of St. Charles and had served in the Lincoln County Fire Protection District from 1980 and 1995. He was chief of Lincoln County Fire Protection District from 1982 to 1984.
Funeral Arrangements:
Provided courtesy of http://www.mofirefuneral.org/:
Visitation is Sunday, February 5, 2012, from 2pm to 8pm. Firefighter walk through at 730pm. McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379
Funeral services are Monday, February 6, 2012, at 11am, also located at McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379
(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)
