Line of Duty Death (LODD)

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Monday, August 2, 2004
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Carthage, Tennessee Fire Chief Dies From Injuries Received While Battling Church Fire

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Carthage Fire Chief Ed Stallings, 71, died over the weekend at a Nashville Rehabilitation Center.

Officials said he never fully recovered after the roof of a burning church collapsed on top of him.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Friday, August 20, 2004
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Two Philadelphia Firefighters Die Battling House Blaze

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two firefighters died while battling a blaze in a row home in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, authorities said.

Authorities said the firefighters were in the basement of the home in the Port Richmond section of the city when they ran into trouble and called for help on their radios, Deputy Fire Commissioner John McGrath said.

"At some point in the fire they had indicated through their emergency buttons that are on their radios that they were in distress," McGrath said. "A rapid intervention team went in to get them out ... they were transported to the hospital and they were later pronounced (dead) by the doctors."

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Thursday, August 5, 2004
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Long-Time New Mexico Firefighter Dies After MVA Response

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A long-time New Mexico fire service veteran died in the line of duty Wednesday, May 4 after responding to a motor vehicle accident and collapsing at home from a cause to be determined.

Firefighter Mike McAdams was in his late 70s and had been with the Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Company for many, many years, said Chief Bill Gamel. He was a former chief of the department and his daughter formerly served as the department's EMS director.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Thursday, August 11, 2004
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Kentucky Fire Truck Accident Leaves One Firefighter Dead, One Injured

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An accident involving two volunteer firefighters, Barbara Bordenkircher and William Stanton from the Wickliffe Rural Fire Department in Kentucky, left Bordenkircher dead and Stanton in the hospital with serious injuries. The accident occurred approximately at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Michael Bryant, Wickliffe Rural's Fire Chief. 'I came to the scene afterwards. No other vehicles were involved,' said Bryant.

The two firefighters were responding to a grass fire caused by a man pulling a pontoon boat. The tire came off the trailer as it was going down the road, said Bryant. It threw sparks and ignited a fire.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Monday, August 16, 2004
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California Firefighter Killed After Responding To Fire

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Authorities investigated the death of a rookie firefighter who was run over by a fire engine after crews put out a house fire in Encino, a city fire official said.

Jaime L. Foster, 25, of Palmdale, was pronounced dead at Tarzana Regional Medical Center yesterday afternoon, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Foster, who was assigned to Station 73 in Reseda, was the first female city firefighter ever to die in the line of duty, according to the Daily News.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Friday, August 20, 2004
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Marine Firefighter Collapses at South Carolina Base

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USMC Corporal Robert (Bobby) M. Weber, Jr., 23, collapsed for an unknown reason while riding the rescue man position on the Crash Truck, August 16, at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, SC.

A member of Marine Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, Webers was with this crew sitting at the ready response position (Hot Spot) on the airfield when he collapsed for an unknown reason. MCAS Aircraft Rescue Dispatch contacted the MCAS Structural Fire Division for medical assistance. MCAS Structural Firefighters and MCAS Aircraft Rescue Firefighters both performed CPR and medical treatment on scene and MCAS Fire Department used the AED to try and revive the downed Marine Firefighter. Beaufort County EMS arrived on scene and transported the patient to Beaufort Memorial Hospital where the emergency room doctors pronounced him dead at the hospital.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Friday, August 23, 2004
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Medical Helicopter Crashes In Nevada, Killing All 5 Aboard

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A medical helicopter airlifting a baby to a Reno hospital crashed in a remote area of northern Nevada, killing all five people aboard, authorities said.

The Access Air helicopter crashed either late Saturday or early Sunday into the upper part of 9,775-feet Mt. Tobin, about 200 miles northeast of Reno, Humboldt County Undersheriff Brian Jonas said.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Thursday, August 26, 2004
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Pennsylvania Firefighter Killed when Fire Truck Backs Over Him

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A driver who failed to see two firefighters behind a fire truck backed over them, killing one and sending the other to the hospital.

Veteran firefighter David Vinisky, 49, of Raccoon Township, was pronounced dead shortly after he was hit by the fire truck Wednesday evening at the Beaver County township's fire station, said Beaver County Deputy Coroner Wayne Tatalovich Jr.

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Firehouse.com Line of Duty Death Notification
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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Fla. Firefighter/EMT Killed In Ambulance Crash, Three Others Injured

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Polk County Firefighter/EMT Ben Lang, 22, died while assisting with the transport of a patient to Winter Haven Hospital. He was located in the back of the ambulance sitting in the Captains Chair when the ambulance struck a large Pine tree, according to Mike Linkins, Deputy Chief of Operations for Polk County Fire Department.

Lang, out of Cypress Gardens Station 8 in Winter Haven, was their first career firefighter killed in the line of duty. He joined the department in July, 2001. "This is the first career death for our department. We had a volunteer firefighter death back in 1981 that was a very long time ago. It was back when we worked on a tailboard system," said Linkins.

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Neb. Firefighter Dies in Line of Duty

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For what may be the first time in York County history, a firefighter has died in the line of duty.

According to information from York Fire Chief Kevin Stuhr representing York County Mutual Aid, Michael Aunkst, 45, of Benedict, died early Sunday morning after having an apparent heart attack while working at the scene of a fire in rural Gresham.