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Fire chief saves man in cardiac arrest

The Clayton County chief and his staff covered a shift to give the crew a day off; they saved a man who had gone into cardiac arrest

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CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A fire chief and his command staff saved a man in cardiac arrest while covering a shift to give fire personnel a day off.

Fox5Atlanta.com reported Clayton County Fire Chief Landry Merkison and his command staff took over for an entire 24-hour shift to give the crew at Station 1 a night off.

The fire chief invited the sheriff to come along on the fire truck if a call went out.

Thirty minutes after Sheriff Victor Hill arrived at the station, a call came through for a man in cardiac arrest.

Merkison and his team responded to the call, along with Sherriff Hill, and performed CPR on the patient until he was revived.

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