Chesterfield, Va. (NewsradioWRVA.com) - Chesterfield Fire and EMS announced over the weekend on their Facebook page that a veteran firefighter died on Saturday while off-duty.
The post says that 41 year old Alicia Monahan died during a swift-water rescue training course in North Carolina. She had been a firefighter for 11-plus years and was assigned to the Engine 207-B shift.
It's not clear specifically what happened other than it being described as a "catastrophic accident". She leaves behind a fiancé and two teenage sons.