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catman 07-04-2004 07:24 AM

Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Friday, June 18, 2004
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Utah Firefighter Plane Crashes; Pilot Dies Battling Wildfire

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The pilot of a single-engine air tanker died Thursday night while assisting in efforts to extinguish the Dammeron Fire.

Officials would not release the name or any specifics on the man flying the plane Thursday night, pending notification of next of kin.

The pilot apparently worked on the fire in a yellow agriculture plane and had just dumped a load of retardant when his plane either stalled or pitched at about 6:30 p.m., said Dammeron Valley resident Andrew Tomer, who watched the accident happen.

catman 07-04-2004 07:24 AM

Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Monday, June 21, 2004
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15-Year-Old Louisiana Volunteer Riding With Firefighter Killed in Accident

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A Lafayette television station is reporting that a 15-year-old volunteer firefighter died while responding to a call when the vehicle he was in slammed into another vehicle.

KLFY says the unidentified teenager died yesterday (Saturday) on state Highway 343 near Duson.

catman 07-04-2004 07:25 AM

Veteran Kansas Paramedic Dies At Station; Suffers Heart Attack While On Duty

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A 25-year member of the Johnson County ambulance service suffered a heart attack Friday while on duty and later died after resuscitation efforts failed.

Lt. Edward Ned Neustrom, a paramedic and department mentor, was found by firefighters about 10:45 a.m. at the station where he was assigned, 13801 Switzer Road, Overland Park. He was 49. Co-workers tried to resuscitate him and transported him to Overland Park Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

catman 07-04-2004 07:26 AM

Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
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Arizona Firefighter Collapses While Assisting With Forest Treatment Program

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Gary Archibeque, 39, a firefighter with Show Low Fire Department, was assisting on their Forest Treatment Program when he collapsed on Saturday, June 19, according to Jack Babb, Assistant Fire Chief and Fire Marshall.

He had worked with the Show Low Fire Department for two and a half years. Show Low is a combination of career and reserve members. Archibeque was a reserve member. He was also a full-time transportation manager at Foxworth-Galbraitch.

catman 07-12-2004 07:13 PM

Texas Chief Dies After Incident

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The Chief of the Bluegrove Volunteer Fire Department in Clay County, Texas, died of an apparent heart attack after responding to a hay and vehicle fire July 9.

G. Don Fox, 60, became ill at the scene and was found later in his home according to Don Davis with the Davis Funeral Home. He passed away at the Henrietta Hospital.

catman 07-14-2004 07:54 PM

S.C. Copter Took Call After 3 Units Declined

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A fourth call went to Spartanburg, where Regional One pilot Bob Giard checked the radar, decided the weather looked clear and took off with two crew members.

The crew never reported problems with the weather en route to the site. But minutes after picking up the patient, their helicopter crashed in woods near the Palmetto Trail, about 1,000 yards from an I-26 rest area, authorities said.

catman 07-14-2004 07:55 PM

L.A. County Fire Capt. Killed In Crash

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The Los Angeles County Fire Department lost a captain in the line of duty Tuesday when Fire Captain Daniel Elkins was involved in a single-vehicle accident.

Elkins, 47, was leaving the Pine Incident brushfire in the Lake Hughes area when he was involved in the accident, according to a fire department media advisory. He was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

catman 07-14-2004 07:56 PM

North Carolina Firefighter Succumbs To Heart Attack After Responding To Vehicle Crash

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Firefighter Harold Dean Chappell, died the next morning of an apparent heart attack after completing a call of a motor vehicle crash on July 11, 2004 at 6:12 p.m, according to USFA-FEMA.

Chappell was a volunteer with Arlington Fire and Rescue, Inc. in Jonesville, North Carolina

catman 08-23-2004 05:42 AM

Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
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New Jersey Fire Police Captain Dies Of Heart Attack

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The Haddon Heights, New Jersey Fire Department announced the passing of Fire Police Captain Thomas Conway, August 2.

Captain Conway was working a July 29 incident of an activated carbon monoxide house alarm when he began suffering chest pains. He was later transported to Our Lady of Lords Hospital in Camden and then to Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia and there passed away of an apparent heart attack.

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catman 08-23-2004 05:43 AM

Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Thursday, August 5, 2004
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Ex-Hebron, North Dakota Fire Chief Suffers Heart Attack At The Scene

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Former Hebron fire chief George Raber is being remembered as a man who could not get firefighting out of his blood.

The 64-year-old Raber was the oldest man in the community fire department. He died over the weekend of an apparent heart attack suffered as he stepped from the fire engine to fight another blaze.

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