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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Dies of Complications of Heart Failure Suffered at Fire Scene in Wisconsin
On February 19, 2001, a 60-year-old volunteer fire fighter died seven days after he became ill shortly after arriving at the scene of a structural fire. On February 22, the United States Fire Administration notified NIOSH of the death. On September 18, NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department to initiate the investigation. On October 8, a NIOSH contract physician traveled to Wisconsin to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Dies of Complications of Heart Failure Suffered at Fire Scene in Wisconsin
On February 19, 2001, a 60-year-old volunteer fire fighter died seven days after he became ill shortly after arriving at the scene of a structural fire. On February 22, the United States Fire Administration notified NIOSH of the death. On September 18, NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department to initiate the investigation. On October 8, a NIOSH contract physician traveled to Wisconsin to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Dies of Complications of Heart Failure Suffered at Fire Scene in Wisconsin
2003
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Environmental Health & Safety , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Occupational safety and health , Cardiac arrest , Fire fighters , Methods , Myocardial infarction , Structural fires , Investigations , Fatalities , Recommendations , Medical findings , Training , Rehabilitation , Wisconsin , Screening , Males , Heart attacks