9-11-01:Never forget or fallen brother firefighters ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- This is a message from the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Fire Administration. You may submit your comments or request additional information, by contacting USFA through our web site at: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/applications/feedback/ ------------------------------------ The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatality: Name: Benjamin Lang Rank: Firefighter/EMT Age: 22 Gender: Male Status: Career Years of Service: 2.5 Date of Incident: 08/23/2004 Time of Incident: 1725hrs Date of Death: 08/23/2004 Fire Department Name: Polk County Fire Department/Cypress Gardens Station 8 Fire Department Address: PO Box 1458, Bartow, FL 33831 Fire Department Phone: (863) 291-5841 Fire Department Chief: Douglas Lewis Cause of Death: Firefighter/EMT Lang was killed while assisting with the transport of a patient to the hospital. The ambulance left the road and struck a tree. Firefighter Lang was killed instantly. Wake/Viewing: Pending Funeral Arrangements: Pending Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending Tribute is being paid to Firefighter/EMT Lang at: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/inside-usfa/ffmem/ffmem.shtm Additional information on firefighter fatalities may be found on the USFA web site at: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/inside-usfa/nfdc/nfdc-data5.shtm To date, 71 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2004. ------------- You are currently subscribed to usfa-firefighters as: hollywoodfire822@xxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-usfa-firefighters-32449A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!