PHOTO - A Southeast Kansas firefighter is under observation after a medical emergency causes him to lose consciousness resulting in the truck he was driving to leave the roadway. Shortly after nine the morning Columbus Fire and Rescue was responding to a fire alarm. The driver of the truck suffered a medical emergency causing him to pass out while driving. The truck traveled off the road and collided with a tree leaving the truck out of service. He was taken to a Joplin hospital and is under observation until doctors figure out the cause.