The North Kansas City community is mourning the loss of a local firefighter after his sudden death this week.
Benoit Coussement, badge number 226, died unexpectedly in his home Wednesday, the North Kansas City Fire Department shared in a social media post Thursday.
Coussement, 29, joined the department in July 2020 and “quickly became a valued member” of the team, the department said. He was working to become a paramedic and was set to graduate from paramedic school in July…