HILLIARD, Fla. – A firefighter with the Hilliard Volunteer Fire Department has died after suffering a medical emergency while battling a brush fire, according to Nassau County Fire and Rescue Chief Brady Rigdon.
Firefighter James “Kevin” Crews, who was assigned to Station 4 in Hilliard, was 59 years old when he died on April 23 after suffering a medical emergency while fighting the Old Dixie Highway Fire just south of Henry Smith Road in Hilliard.
Town officials said it was the fifth wildfire to break out in the Hilliard area of Nassau County during the past week…