A longtime paramedic and lieutenant with the Scarborough Fire Department died from an “acute medical event” on Friday.
Shannon Haley, 39, had worked for the department for about 20 years, Chief Rich Kindelan said in a statement on social media. She was a “skilled paramedic” and a registered nurse.
Haley started her career in Scarborough in 2005 as a “live-in” student at Southern Maine Community College, where she studied fire science and responded to emergency calls while living at a fire station.
She was eventually hired, was promoted to lieutenant in 2020 and began to lead a shift at the Oak Hill Public Safety Building, on Route 1 next to the town hall, the statement said.
“Her patient care style was so clinically sound, many of her colleagues looked up to her for mentoring and advice,” Kindelan said. “More importantly, Shannon was a wonderful human being. Her kindness and never-ending love for her family, friends, co-workers and every patient she cared for is unmatched.”
A police procession took Haley’s body to Hobbs Funeral Home in Scarborough around 5 p.m. Monday. Intersections along Route 1 were closed from Campus Drive through Dunstan Corner, the department said.
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