Deaths 2005

Age	Status	Years	Date of Incident	Time	Date of Death
20	Volunteer	2	12/27/04	2238	1/11/2005
While responding to an alarm (residential smoke investigation) in his personally owned vehicle, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed off of the roadway flipping several times and ejecting him. He was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
41	Career	17	1/6/2005		1/6/2005
Was responding to a shift recall of his oncoming shift to cover the station due to extreme weather conditions and the on-duty crew investigating an odor of smoke in a structure. While en route to the station, his POV rolled over and collided with a concrete sign pole on Interstate 95. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
39	Career	19	1/2/2005	0730	1/20/2005
He was fighting a residential structure fire when his self contained breathing apparatus began to run out of air. He became disoriented and then became entrapped, causing him to issue a Mayday call. He was found on the second floor of the structure and transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
19	Volunteer	1	1/20/2005		1/20/2005
Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident while responding to an alarm.
46	Career	15	1/23/2005	0758	1/23/2005
Was fatally injured battling a third alarm fire in a four-story apartment building.
37	Career	10	1/23/2005	0758	1/23/2005
Was fatally injured battling a third alarm fire in a four-story apartment building.
37	Career	10	1/23/2005		1/23/2005
While battling a second alarm fire in East New York, Brooklyn members of Ladder 103 entered the basement of the building, where the fire originated. During the search operations, Firefighter became separated from his colleagues. He was found minutes later unconscious and in respiratory arrest on the cellar staircase. He was transported to Brookdale Hospital where he died a short time later.
59	Career	37	1/23/2005		1/23/2005
Was stricken by an apparent heart attack as he arrived at the fire scene.
74	Volunteer		1/26/2005	1200	1/26/2005
Died from cause still to be determined while fighting a forest fire. He was on a one-inch line and had returned to his brush-truck to reposition the apparatus when he collapsed.
40	Volunteer	19	1/3/2005		1/3/2005
Responded to a structure fire on the evening of 01/02/2005. He returned home after the incident and reported to work the next day. When he failed to return home on the evening of 01/03/2005, his parents began to search for him. He was found deceased at the job site where he had been working that day from a heart attack.
31	Volunteer	31	2/06/2005	1155	2/06/2005
Responded to the station for a call of smoke within a structure. He was discovered lying on the ground inside the station by a passer-by who notified police. Cause of death, cardiac arrest.
53	Volunteer	16	2/10/2005	1420	2/10/2005
He was working a hand line at a residential structure fire when he became ill (possible heart attack, autopsy pending). He returned to the apparatus outside where he told the pump operator that he required medical attention. He was provided immediate assistance by on scene medics, but those efforts were unable to revive him.
46	Volunteer	18+	2/12/2005	1820	2/12/2005
Responded to odor of natural gas in a single family dwelling and was in the process of evacuating occupants from the building when he collapsed outside of the building. Despite efforts of fire and EMS personnel to revive him, he was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead of a suspected heart attack.
36	Career	6+	2/13/2005	0220	2/13/2005
Was working outside of a residential structure fire when he apparently was struck by a fallen power line that was dangling across the driveway from a tree limb. He was treated at the scene and pronounced dead a short time later at an area hospital.
29	Career	11	2/13/2005		2/13/2005
While on assignment in Iraq as a firefighter, he drowned while attempting with another firefighter and a medic to save two soldiers trapped in a Humvee that had overturned in a canal.
39	Career	12	2/19/2005	0600	2/19/2005
He was performing search and rescue efforts at a residential structure fire when the structure became unstable. All other personnel pulled out except for him, he who became trapped when the roof collapsed. Despite rescue efforts by fellow firefighters, attempts to save him were unsuccessful. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
51	Career	26	2/15/2005	1330	2/15/2005
He was returning to the fire station in a squad truck when he suffered a heart attack that took his life.
52	Volunteer	6	2/17/2005	1139	2/18/2005
He responded to a vehicle fire late at night on 02/17/2005. Following the incident he returned home early in the morning of 02/18/2005. When he failed to show up at work later in the day, the department sent someone to his house to check on him and found the residence secured. Entry was made into the structure with assistance of his fiancé where he was found deceased in his bed (cardiac related).
45	Volunteer		02/27/2005	0020	02/27/2005
He was operating at the scene of a barn fire when he collapsed from an apparent heart attack. Care was initiated and he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
37	Career		02/21/2005		02/21/2005
He had responded to two wildfires on 02/21/2005, and had complained of some pain and a burning sensation in his chest prior to going off duty. He went home where he collapsed from an apparent heart attack. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
62	Volunteer	1	03/03/2005	1130	03/03/2005
While responding to an automatic residential fire alarm call, had reached his privately owned vehicle (POV) and was about to enter it when he suffered a massive heart attack. He collapsed onto the sidewalk next to the vehicle and died.
64	Career	44	03/10/2005	0845	03/10/2005
Was driving to a meeting at his department when his department vehicle was struck by an on-coming vehicle fleeing from police and traveling at a high rate of speed. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
51	Career	34	03/09/2005	1500	03/09/2005
He was working at the scene of a residential structure fire. When he returned to his vehicle to gather additional equipment he collapsed from an apparent heart attack. Care was initiated at the scene and He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
39	Volunteer	8	02/23/2005	2345	02/24/200
While conducted and participated in training activities over the period of several days and during that time had complained of a constant discomfort he described as a "gas bubble" just above his stomach and under his heart/sternum. At approximately 2345 hrs on 02/23/2005, he awoke and sat upright in bed telling his wife, a fellow firefighter/EMT, that the pain had become much worse spreading between his shoulder blades. He declined having an ambulance called but consented to be driven to the hospital. While preparing to depart the residence, he collapsed and quit breathing. His wife called 911 and initiated CPR. Other firefighters arrived with an AED and shocked him several times with no improvement. Paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later (from an adjacent town) and began advanced life support with no results. Further attempts to revive him at the hospital also met with negative results and he was pronounced dead early in the morning of 03/24/2005.
45	Career		03/10/2005	1335	03/10/2005
Died as a result of a helicopter crash while working a prescribed burn, dropping fire pellets to start fires in the forest below, near Shelbyville, Texas. The cause of the helicopter crash is still to be determined.
55	Career	25	03/10/2005	1335	03/10/2005
Died as a result of a helicopter crash while working a prescribed burn, dropping fire pellets to start fires in the forest below, near Shelbyville, Texas. The cause of the helicopter crash is still to be determined.
51	Career	21	03/10/2005	1335	03/102005
Died as a result of a helicopter crash while working a prescribed burn, dropping fire pellets to start fires in the forest below, near Shelbyville, Texas. The cause of the helicopter crash is still to be determined.
39	Volunteer	4	03/16/2005	1215	03/16/2005
He and another firefighter had completed set-up and run through testing of a search and rescue course involving hose evolutions in a building under renovation when he collapsed. EMS was summoned and care was initiated. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
54	Volunteer	25	03/21/2005	2055	03/21/2005
he died from an apparent heart attack while riding in his personally owned vehicle (POV) in response to a vehicle accident.
42	Volunteer	-1	03/26/2005	0905	03/28/2005
Collapsed of a brain aneurysm while participating in a live-burn exercise; preparing to enter the burning building. He was treated on the scene and then transported to the hospital where he died two days later from the injury.
26	Career	3	03/29/2005		03/30/2005
He responded to multiple calls during an overtime shift. Two hours after completing the overtime shift, he suffered a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He was transported to the local hospital where the aneurysm was diagnosed. He then was airlifted to a Dallas hospital where he died during emergency surgery to repair the aneurysm.
18	Volunteer	<1	04/02/2005	1330	04/03/2005
He was participating in a Firefighter I training class on 04/02/2005. At approximately 1330 hrs., he fell approximately 20 feet from a 24 foot ground ladder. He was transported to the hospital where he died on the following day.
51	Volunteer	8	04/02/2005	2000	04/02/2005
He responded to a single motor-vehicle accident (MVA) with a rollover. Upon arrival at the scene and as he exited his personally-owned vehicle (POV), He collapsed from a cause still to be determined. Care was initiated at the scene, but despite all efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
54	Volunteer	30+	04/16/2005	0200	4/16/2005
Discovered and reported a fire at his own residence, responded to the station, and drove a pumper back to the residence. While operating the pumper, he collapsed from an apparent heart attack. He was transported to the hospital where he died later in the day.
60	Volunteer	40+	04/17/2005	0907	04/17/2005
He was operating a rescue truck returning to the station from a canceled emergency call, an auto accident, when for unknown reasons his apparatus left the roadway, striking several trees. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
38	Volunteer	11	04/18/2005	1511	0418/2005
He was performing search and rescue operations inside of a working residential fire when from a cause still to be determined the townhouse exploded, killing him and another Fire Fighter and injuring several other firefighters.
23	Volunteer	2	04/18/2005	1511	04/18/2005
He was performing search and rescue operations inside of a working residential fire when from a cause still to be determined the townhouse exploded, killing him and another Fire Fighter and injuring several other firefighters.
49	Volunteer	5	04/16/2005	1030	04/18/2005
She was participating in pump operations training and a fund-raiser at the Pleasant Ridge VFD station on Saturday, April 16, 2005 when she collapsed from an apparent heart attack.
38	Career	9	04/20/2005	1101	4/20/2005
While returning from a fire alarm system call (false alarm), He suddenly collapsed while driving the pumper. Immediate life support efforts were begun with subsequent transport to the hospital. Further efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
47	Career		04/20/2005	1900	04/20/2005
Died when the aircraft they were operating, a P-3 Orion air tanker, crashed from a cause still to be determined in a remote part of California. The pilots were undergoing training/qualification flight checks in preparation for the upcoming fire season.
41	Career		04/20/2005	1900	04/20/2005
Died when the aircraft they were operating, a P-3 Orion air tanker, crashed from a cause still to be determined in a remote part of California. The pilots were undergoing training/qualification flight checks in preparation for the upcoming fire season.
52	Career		04/20/2005	1900	04/20/2005
Died when the aircraft they were operating, a P-3 Orion air tanker, crashed from a cause still to be determined in a remote part of California. The pilots were undergoing training/qualification flight checks in preparation for the upcoming fire season.
27	Career	2	04/23/2005	2205	04/25/2005
He fell from the passenger compartment of apparatus while responding to a fire call.
49	Volunteer	5	04/11/2005	0851	04/11/2005
He was operating apparatus at the scene of a motor vehicle accident at approximately 0851 hrs when his apparatus gradually drifted off the side of the roadway into the guardrail. The crew that was following him stopped and discovered him in cardiac arrest. Despite all efforts to revive Fast, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 0938 hrs.
62	Volunteer	40	04/11/2005	1150	05/05/2005
He suffered a hemorrhagic stroke (cerebral bleed) while operating Metuchen Engine 4 in a funeral procession paying last respects to a former retired Fire Chief and one of his best friends.
23	Volunteer		4/16/2005		4/30/2005
He was attempting to rescue a fallen victim from a liquid manure pit when he was overcome by toxic fumes (hydrogen sulfide).
48	Career	16	05/06/2005	2200	05/07/2005
He was working a 8:00 pm -8:00 am shift on 05/06 - 07/2005. At 10:00 pm he responded to an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) call. At 8:00 am on 05/07/2005, he remained at the station working an overtime shift to cover for incoming shift members that were attending training. A short time into his shift, he complained of not feeling well and went to lie down in the bunk room. He was discovered later as having died in his sleep.
22	Career	1	05/19/2005	1700	05/28/2005
Collapsed while undergoing physical training at the department's fire academy and died nine days later from a cause still to be determined.
43	Career	24	05/27/2005	1337	05/27/2005
Returned from a training exercise feeling poorly and was transported to an area hospital where he died; suspected of suffering a cardiac incident.
53	Career	53	02/10/1994	1130	5/22/2005
Suffered from a significant blood borne exposure during the course of providing emergency medical care to a cardiac care patient. When the patient suffered a seizure, he was stuck by a needle and as a result he contracted Hepatitis C. After a 10 year battle with this debilitating disease, he passed away on May 22, 2005.
58	Career	20	05/31/2005	1330	05/31/2005
After performing ladder drills and public education programs demonstrating firefighting techniques on the morning of May 31, 2005, he went to perform his afternoon physical fitness training. During his workout he suffered a heart attack in the fire station and was given assistance by his fellow firefighters. He was taken to the Atlantic City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 1459 hrs.
44	Career	6	06/03/2005	1500	06/03/2005
His 12 person crew were engaged in a conservation project, while in a status as the "Initial Attack" of the wildland fire crew. Three large wildfires were burning in Nevada with thunderstorms and lightening being forecasted. He became involved in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) roll over which resulted in his death. An ongoing investigation is being conducted.
35	Volunteer	35	06/14/2005	2200	06/14/2005
He was performing fire suppression at the scene of a residential structure fire at approximately 2200 hours. He exited the structure when overhaul began, and experienced chest pains and shortness of breath. He doffed his Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and sat down on a curb when he collapsed suddenly. CPR was initiated immediately and he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2357 hours.
41	Volunteer	41	6/22/2005	1745	6/22/2005
He died suddenly of a heart attack while marching in a fireman's parade.
33	Career	33	06/24/2005	0215	6/24/2005
Died in her sleep while at the station of a cause still to be determined. She was discovered early in the morning when she did not respond to an alarm call.
56	Volunteer	4	6/10/2005	0044	6/10/2005
Approximately 1445 hours on June 9, 2005, he had worked a mutual aid call on a grass fire that burned 260 acres of wheat. That night, he called in an alarm to the fire department reporting that there had possibly been a lightning strike on a power poll near his residence; causing both a power outage and another ground fire. A short time later, he again called the fire department to ascertain the status of the response units and then he went outside to begin work on putting out the fire. While doing so, he came into contact with a live wire that had caused the fire and electrocuted him to death.
55	Volunteer	35	6/28/2005	1300	6/28/2005
He died at home within 24 hours after being released from duty and having responded to several incidents.
54	Career	18	7/07/2005	0140	07/07/225
He responded on multiple calls due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy with the last being after midnight on July 7, 2005. He was returning to the station around 0140 hours on July 7, 2005, when he suffered a heart attack behind the wheel of the apparatus. The other firefighters in the apparatus rendered aid, but despite all efforts, resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
61	Volunteer	40	7/10/2005	1300	7/10/2005
Operated a piece of apparatus to a residential smoke detector activation. After arriving on the scene, he suffered an apparent heart attack. Care was initiated on the scene and he was transported to the hospital where he died.
31	Career	2	7/14/2005	0145	07/14/2005
Operating at a tree fire that was struck by lightning, a large branch fell and struck him in the head. Medical aid was rendered on the scene, and he was transported to the hospital where he died a short time later.
50	Volunteer	30	07/17/2005		07/17/2005
He was bailing hay on his property when the hay bailer started to burn and spread to dried hay. He called his home and told his family to call the fire department. When the fire department arrived, he had already extinguished the fire. The fire department investigated and afterwards, while conversing with members of the department he collapsed. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
62	Volunteer	28	08/08/2005	1800	08/08/2005
He had been on several calls throughout the day. Later in the evening, he was preparing to preside over a meeting at the firehouse when he was stricken by an apparent heart attack.
76	Volunteer	54	08/17/2005	2043	08/18/2005
He was struck by a vehicle while working traffic control at a hazmat incident. He was rendered aid at the scene and transported to the hospital, but died from injuries sustained early in the morning of August 18, 2005.
46	Volunteer		09/04/2005		09/04/2005
He was en route to the fire station for a reported residential structure fire when his personal vehicle left the roadway, flipped over and landed in a ditch. He was transported to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
47	Career	19	10/24/2005		10/24/2005
He had responded to multiple alarms during his shift on 10/24/2005. He was back at the station when he suddenly collapsed from a cause still to be determined. Care was initiated and he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
47	Volunteer	7	10/25/2005	1425	10/25/2005
He responded to a grass fire, while engaged in fire suppression operations, at approximately 3:00 p.m., he collapsed at the scene from a cause still to be determined. Care was initiated and he was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
38	Volunteer	20	11/04/2005	0849	11/04/2005
He received an alarm call for an EMS incident and was in the process of preparing to leave his residence when he began to feel dizzy and light-headed. His wife notified the emergency department and they responded providing basic life support (BLS). He was transported to Tri-County Memorial Hospital, and while en-route, he went into code. Any further attempt to revive him while in transport, or at the hospital met with negative results. The emergency room doctor said the cause of death was probably a major heart attack, and is pending further investigation.
41	Volunteer	8	11/05/2005	11:30	11/05/2005
He was responding to a structure fire, when the tanker he was driving left the road and overturned.
43	Career	17	11/05/2005	16:10	11/05/2005
He died while engaged in firefighting activities immediately following a residential structure fire. The cause of death is pending results of an autopsy, however, it was reported that he collapsed at the scene and went into cardiac arrest. Riverside Fire Department paramedics performed advanced life support (ALS) on him before American Medical Response (AMR) transported him to Kaiser Hospital in Riverside where he was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m.
47	Paid on Call	9	08/16/2005	11:15	08/16/2005
He had returned from a fitness activity, routine exercise and spinning session when he had a full cardiac arrest at his station.
53	Career	31	11/06/2005	22:30	11/08/2005
He suffered a stroke at a fire chiefs' conference. He died from complications two days later in the hospital
68	Volunteer	25	11/14/2005		11/14/2005
He was controlling traffic at the scene of a structure fire when he collapsed. Care was initiated immediately and he was transported to the hospital. Despite all resuscitative efforts, he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
75	Volunteer	40+	11/23/2005	23:45	11/23/2005
He operated a tanker to the scene of a working structure fire at approximately 2345 hours. He exited the vehicle to supply water when the truck jumped into gear while pumping and rolled forward, pinning him beneath the apparatus. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene.
25	Career	4	11/28/2005	09:39	11/28/2005
He was responding to a medical call when the apparatus he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer truck. He was extricated from the vehicle and flown to University of Alabama-Birmingham Trauma Center where he died shortly after of injuries sustained from the accident.
41	Career	11	11/22/2005		11/25/2005
Participated in live fire training the previous work shift 11/21/2005, he suffered a heart attack the next day, 11/22/2005, and passed away on 11/25/2005.
33	Career	12	12/02/2005	13:20	12/02/2005
He died from injuries he received when the fire apparatus he was riding in was involved in a vehicle accident in responding to a reported gas leak.
31	Volunteer	12+	12/11/2005	01:30	12/11/2005
He was driving 1,200 gallon water tender as his department was responding to a structure fire. At about 1330 hours, he lost control of the vehicle on Ranch-to-Market Road 963, causing the truck to leave the roadway, striking a fence and trees. He remained in the fire truck, which burned from a post-crash fire, and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt and there were no passengers. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating the incident.
19	Volunteer	1	12/10/2005	2000	12/15/2005
Three firefighters were returning from a parade stand-by duty on a fire department watercraft. The watercraft collided with another vessel an one firefighter drowned.
33	Career	17	12/20/2005	2138	12/20/2005
He was returning home from teaching a Level One Firefighter Class in Huttonsville, WV when his truck was struck by a semi-truck, which had veered into his lane. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene. He was also a volunteer Captain at the Belington Fire Department, WV.