The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

LODD’s:

Five NIOSH reports today, with no common theme. Keep your heads on a swivel and work to stay safe!

Jan 19, 2012

Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while performing driver/operator duties at a residential structure fire – New Jersey.

Jan 19, 2011

Volunteer fire fighter caught in a rapid fire event during unprotected search, dies after facepiece lens melts – Maryland.

Jan 19, 2003

Career fire fighter/emergency medical technician dies in ambulance crash – Texas.

an 19, 2003

Volunteer fire fighter dies following nitrous oxide cylinder explosion while fighting a commercial structure fire – Texas.

Jan 19, 1999

Fire investigator dies after being struck by a chimney that collapsed during an origin and cause fire investigation – New York.

History by Historyplace.com:

January 19, 1966 – Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India in succession to Lal Shastri who had died eight days earlier. She served until 1975 and later from 1980 to 1984, when she was assassinated by her own bodyguards as she walked to her office. Her only surviving son, Rajiv, became the next prime minister. In 1991, he was assassinated while campaigning for reelection

January 19, 1983 – Former Gestapo official Klaus Barbie, known as the “Butcher of Lyon,” was arrested in Bolivia, South America. He was responsible for deporting Jewish children from Lyon to Auschwitz where they were gassed. He also murdered French Resistance leader Jean Moulin and tortured others. He was exposed by Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, extradited in 1987, then convicted by the French and died while in prison.