[cifnmedia] Fw: Notices of Firefighter Fatality - WA, KS, NJ, and TX
- From: Rod Stewart <hollywoodfire822@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:07:09 -0600
9-11-01: Never forget our fallen brother firefighters
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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:35:23 -0500
Subject: Notices of Firefighter Fatality - WA, KS, NJ, and TX
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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/
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The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following
firefighter fatalities:
Name: Richard J. Tiffany
Rank: Paramedic/Firefighter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 7 Months
Date of Incident: 11/17/2003
Time of Incident: 1705hrs
Date of Death: 11/17/2003
Fire Department Name: Clark County Fire District #12
Fire Department Address: 26506 NE 10th Ave., Ridgefield, WA 98642
Fire Department Phone: (360) 887-4609
Fire Department Website: CCFD12.ORG
Fire Department Chief: Larry Bartel
Cause of Death: Paramedic/Firefighter Tiffany died of a cardiac arrest
while participating in a physical fitness activity at the fire station.
Wake Arrangements: (Limited viewing) 1800-2000; 11/21/2003 at Layne?s
Funeral Home; 16 NE Clark Ave., Battle Ground, WA
Funeral Arrangements: 1030-PST; 11/22/2003 at the Vancouver North Stake
Center - 11101 NE 119th Street - Vancouver, WA
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Any First Independent Bank in the name
of the ?Richard Tiffany Family.? (www.FirstIndy.com)
Name: Gary D. Boyert
Rank: Captain
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 29
Date of Incident: 11/17/2003
Time of Incident: 2145hrs
Date of Death: 11/17/2003
Fire Department Name: Kansas City Kansas Fire Department
Fire Department Address: 815 N 6th St., Kansas City, KS 66101
Fire Department Phone: (913) 573-5550
Fire Department Website:
http://www.wycokck.org/departments/fire/index.html
Fire Department Chief: Tom DeKeyser
Cause of Death: Captain Boyert was responding to what turned out to be a
false reporting of a fire when his fire department vehicle crashed on
rain-slickened streets and struck a utility pole. Boyert was transported
to the hospital but died from injuries received.
Wake Arrangements: 11/21/2003, 1700-200hrs, Turner Middle School, 1300 S.
55th St., Kansas City Kansas 66106
Funeral Arrangements: 11/22/2003, 0900hrs, Turner Middle School, 1300 S.
55th St., Kansas City Kansas 66106
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: C/o Kansas City Kansas Fire
Department, 815 N 6th St., Kansas City, KS 66101
Name: George Petrosky
Rank: Fire Police Officer
Age: 80
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 50
Date of Incident: 09/30/2003
Time of Incident: Not available
Date of Death: 11/08/2003
Fire Department: Matawan Borough Fire Department
Fire Department Address: 161 Broad Street, Matawan, NJ 07747
Fire Department Phone: 732-290-2031
Fire Department Chief: Joseph Tamburello
Cause of Death: Fire Police Officer Petrosky succumbed to injuries
suffered in the line of duty on 09/30/2003. He was directing traffic at
a
motor vehicle accident when he passed out due to a cardiac arrhythmia and
struck his head on the pavement. The following day surgery was performed
to stop bleeding in his brain caused by the head trauma. He lapsed into a
coma and never regained consciousness and passed away on November 8,
2003.
Name: Roy Merle Duhon
Rank: Fire Marshal
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 31
Date of Incident: 10/26/2003
Time of Incident: 2200
Date of Death: 10/26/2003
Fire Dept. Name: Clute Fire Department
Fire Dept. Address: 100 Hargett St. Clute, TX 77531
Fire Dept. Phone: (979) 482-3157/ 265-4742
Fire Dept. Website: clutefire.com
Fire Dept. Chief: Gerald Koenning
Cause of Death: Fire Marshal Duhon had been at a fire that afternoon,
finished the investigation and gone home. He complained of minor chest
pain, but did not think anything of it. At or around 2000 hrs, he had a
light heart attack, took a shower and lay down. At 2200 hrs he suffered
another heart attack from which he did not recover.
Memorial Fund Contact/Address: Clute Fire Dept. 100 Hargett St., Clute,
TX
77531
Tribute is being paid to Paramedic/Firefighter Tiffany, Captain Boyert,
Fire Police Officer Petrosky, and Fire Marshal Duhon 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, 95 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2003.
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