Cause of Death: Exposure Rank: Firefighter Nature of Death: Other Classification: Career Emergency Duty: Yes Incident Date: 02/05/1978 Duty Type: On-Scene Non-Fire Activity Type: EMS/Patient Care Death Date: 05/20/2011 Fixed Prop. Use: Residential Fire Dept. Info: Pittsfield Fire Department 74 Columbus AVE USNG: 18T XN 4353 0145 Pittsfield , Massachusetts 01201 Chief: Robert Czerwinski Initial Summary: Firefighter Lange passed away from ...

Age: 35 Cause of Death: Fall Rank: Firefighter Nature of Death: Trauma Classification: Volunteer Emergency Duty: No Incident Date: 05/23/2011 Duty Type: Training Incident Time: 21:30 Activity Type: Other Death Date: 05/23/2011 Fixed Prop. Use: Store/Office Fire Dept. Info: Cambridge Fire Department 300 3rd AVE NE USNG: 15T VL 8275 4684 Cambridge , Minnesota 55008 Chief: Sean Okerland Initial Summary: Initial ...

WASHINGTON - The value of firefighter John McNamara's vanished life is $76,000 under the proposed 9/11 legal settlement. For his widow, that adds up to "appalling." Jennifer McNamara instead is pinning her hopes on the 9/11 health and compensation bill that got its first hearing ever in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. It would provide at least several times the compensation offered ...

TWINSBURG, OH - Twinsburg is mourning the loss of one of its firefighters, killed in a hunting accident over the weekend in Jefferson County. Ty Marlin, 46, died when his 15-year-old son accidentally shot him Sunday at the Short Creek Sportsman's Club in Adena. Twinsburg Fire Capt. Steven Bosso remembers the firefighter and paramedic as a person who loved to share ...

TARRYTOWN, NY - Investigators today are trying to figure out why a Tarrytown Volunteer Firefighter and a Department of Public Works employee died after apparently becoming overcome by fumes in a manhole. The victims were identified as public works employee Anthony Ruggiero and firefighter John Kelly by Tarrytown Village Administrator Michael Blau. Public works was investigating a call about backed up ...

A volunteer firefighter with the Big Tree Company died Wednesday night after becoming ill during a routine fire training session Monday. Jarrett Eleam, 26, felt ill during Monday evening's self-contained breathing apparatus training at the Big Tree fire hall on South Park Avenue, Hamburg. He was transported to Mercy Hospital by the fire company's EMS unit. After being admitted for observation, ...

DETROIT - Dorian Dove wept Wednesday as he testified that he was paid $20 to set a house fire that killed a Detroit firefighter. "It shouldn't have happened," said Dove, who has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is a key witness in the trial of the man accused of paying for the 2008 blaze that killed 19-year veteran Detroit firefighter ...

PORTLAND - A 30-year-old Southeast Portland climber who fell off Beacon Rock and died Sunday evening was a firefighter-paramedic who worked in Oregon, Skamania County sheriff’s officials said. Nathan “Nate” Turner fell about 5:30 p.m., according to a bulletin from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office. Rescuers first believed he’d only suffered a broken arm and leg. Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox ...

DODGE COUNTY, GA - While trying to clean up debris after severe weather tore through Dodge County, an area firefighter died from an acute heart attack. The firefighter, 42-year-old Jay C. Brown, was called out to cut down and remove trees that fell during recent storms on Friendship UMC road. At around 6:45pm Brown began feeling short of breath. He was ...

SALISBURY - A Massachusetts firefighter who was badly hurt when a fire department vehicle he was working on slipped from a jack and landed on him has died. Salisbury fire Lt. Timothy Oliveria suffered internal injuries and broken ribs in the accident on Friday and had been hospitalized in critical condition. Deputy Chief Steven LeSage says Oliveria died Sunday afternoon. He ...

MILMONT PARK, PA - On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at approximately 1140hrs, Engineer Hornberger responded to the fire station for an alarm of a commercial building fire. He arrived at the station but missed the truck. He stayed at the station until his company returned and then went home. While leaving his house a short while later, he collapsed. He was ...

BRIGHTON, MI - For career fireman Ed Weber, safety first wasn't merely an on-the-job requirement, it was a practice routinely observed on the home front, as well. Mr. Weber, the former chief of the Birmingham Fire Department and a 30-year veteran of the force, died of brain cancer Jan. 26 at Caretel Inns of Brighton. The Brighton resident was 73. "He ...

SOMERSET, PA - A Somerset County fire department is mourning the loss of a firefighter who was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon from training. Scalp Level & Paint Volunteer Fire Co. President Dennis Berkey said John Palomino was taken to Miners Medical Center in Hastings where he died. “He was a really good member,” Berkey said. Berkey said Palomino, who ...

YORK, PA - More than anything else, Joyce Farrington remembers her stepson as selfless. Since he was little, he naturally wanted to help people. Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Co. President Douglas Farrington died Monday. Joyce Farrington, his stepmother, said officials told her Doug died from a massive heart attack. He would have been 45 in October. "Everybody in the world knew him," ...

LINN VALLEY LAKES, KS - Linn Valley Lakes Fire Chief Stanley L. Giles died Wednesday in a work accident at a Kansas fire station south of Kansas City. Giles, 69, became trapped between a fire truck and a parked car around 2:45 p.m., according to a preliminary online report by the Kansas Highway Patrol. According to the report, Brian Hall, 47, ...

BATESVILLE, AR – A volunteer firefighter died of a heart attack while responding to a fire Tuesday afternoon in Independence County. According to the Northside Volunteer Fire Chief Karol Fleetwood, 52-year-old Henry Sandy was responding to a trailer fire in the county. [widget:news__lodd_forum] When Sandy arrived, he fell over suffering from a heart attack. Firefighters called for emergency personal who worked ...

WEST PHILADELPHIA - An off-duty firefighter was killed after the motorcycle he was on collided with another vehicle, police say. The firefighter has been identified as Odell Pommells, a 7-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department. At 6:27 p.m., Ladder 6, Medic 3 and Medic 34 responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Lancaster and Wyalusing avenues. There ...

WEATHERFORD -- A somber mood hangs over the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department today as they lay to rest one of their own. Jeffrey Karl Bergt died unexpectedly Friday afternoon in a Fort Worth Hospital. Greenwood VFD Chief John Burgoyne said Bergt suffered a heart attack May 12, and had stayed in the hospital for follow-up surgery on May 18. "He just ...