A veteran firefighter from a community south of the New York state capital has died after responding to two fires the previous day.
Hudson volunteer firefighter Mark A. Graziano, 47, was found unresponsive at his home shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, less than 12 hours after he responded to a fire call that was his second in the 24 hours preceding his death.
Hudson Fire Commissioner Timothy Hutchings announced Graziano's passing in a Facebook post shortly after the firefighter was found.
According to the post, Graziano joined the department as an Explorer when he was 14 before becoming a firefighter when he turned 18 in 1989. He had been a captain and also served as the department's medical officer for several years.