A fire cadet died Friday after collapsing during a training exercise, a fire
official said.
Rachael Wilson, 29, was rushed about noon from the training
site in West Baltimore to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the
University of Maryland Medical Center, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a Baltimore
Fire Department spokesman.
Two other firefighters were injured when
they went to Wilson's aid, he said.
The exercise involved setting a fire in a three-story vacant rowhouse on
Frederick Avenue and Calverton Road.
Wilson was the mother of an 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter,
Cartwright said. She joined the firefighter paramedic class in November and was
set to graduate next month.
Mayor Sheila Dixon extended her sympathies to the cadet's family, friends and
co-workers.
"The sudden death of one of our firefighter paramedic apprentices is a
tremendous loss for us all," Dixon said in a statement. "Her spirit of service
and dedication is an example for us to follow."
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