LODD: Parapet wall collapse at auto body shop claims life of career captain and injures career lieutenant and emergency medical technician – Indiana, 2002 Fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest during a training drill – West Virginia, 1998 Major Incidents: In 2006, the De la Concorde overpass near Montreal, Quebec Canada […]
LODD: Career fire fighter fatally injured when struck in the head by the boom of an aerial platform – Louisiana, 2008
LODD: District chief dies of a stroke after serving as the incident commander at a structure fire – Tennessee, 1998
LODD: Fire fighter suffers a heart attack after responding to a rubbish fire at a two-story apartment building – New York, 2003 Fire fighter dies after being run over by ladder truck while attempting to board – Alabama, 2000 Volunteer fire fighter died after being struck by an eighteen-wheel tractor trailer truck – South Carolina, […]
LODD: Assistant chief suffers sudden cardiac death during response to boat fire – Wisconsin, 2004 Fire fighter suffers fatal heart attack at fire at his residence – Florida, 2001
LODD: Instructor-in-charge suffers sudden cardiac death during live fire training – Pennsylvania, 2011 Volunteer fire fighter dies and two others are injured during live-burn training – New York, 2001 Major Incidents: In 2003, a fire at a Nashville, TN nursing home killed 16 residents
LODD: Arson fire kills three fire fighters and injures four fire fighters following a floor collapse in a row house – Delaware, 2016 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while fighting wildland fire – Virginia, 2010 Volunteer fire fighter killed when pressurized water tank explodes during fire suppression at a brush fire – Ohio, 2010
LODD: Career fire fighter dies in tanker rollover – North Carolina, 2002
LODD: In 1981, two Chicago, IL firefighters fell to their deaths down an open elevator shaft Major Incidents: In 1993, a tugboat and barge struck a railway bridge near Mobile, AL. Minutes later an Amtrak train traveling 70 mph derailed at the bridge killing 47 people and injuring 103. A fire at the Study Club […]
LODD: Volunteer fire fighter/emergency medical technician suffers sudden death 2 hours after completing vehicle extrication training – New York, 2006
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