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In the Line of Duty
Steven Paul Buser, Ames, IA
3/17/2017
Name: Steven Paul Buser Rank: Firefighter Age: 51 Gender: Male Status: Career Years of Service: 18 Date of Incident: 03/17/2017 Time of Incident: 09:00hrs Date of Death: 03/17/2017 Fire Department: Ames Fire Department Address: 1300 Burnett Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010 Fire Department Chief: Shawn Bayouth Incident Description: Firefighter Steven Buser finished working his shift at 0700hrs on 03/17/2017, during which he responded to an emergency call at 1900hrs on 03/16/2017. After his shift, Buser stayed at the fire station to exercise where he was alone. At 0930hrs, someone entered the fire station and found Buser unresponsive. Buser was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.