Capt. Robert Bucho, who was hired alongside Skinner, said he helped boost group moral during their time in the academy, as they struggled learning hoselay techniques or got yelled at by an instructor. He was just a good barometer to keep everybody nice and even, said Bucho. Like “Hey you’ll be alright, we’ll get through this.”

While responding to a Laguna Niguel house fire, Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) veteran Kevin Skinner, who had served for 25 years, suffered a heart arrest and passed away on Sunday at the age of 56.

A member of the Orange County Fire Authority died on Sunday morning while in the line of duty, OCFA reports.Kevin Skinner was a Fire Apparatus Engineer who had

A firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority suffered a cardiac arrest and died this morning while working on a residential structure fire in Laguna Niguel, authorities said.

The Orange County Fire Authority is grieving the loss of Kevin Skinner, a firefighter who died on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest while responding to a residential structure fire in Laguna Niguel.

Kevin Skinner, an engineer with Orange County Fire Authority, suffered a heart attack at a Laguna Niguel house fire.