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Name: Richard A. Nappi
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 17
Date of Incident: 04/16/2012
Time of Incident: 1300hrs
Date of Death: 04/16/2012
Fire Department: Fire Department City of New York
Address: 9 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Fire Department Chief: Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta
Incident Description: Lieutenant Nappi suffered an apparent heart attack while battling a three-alarm fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn. According to FDNY, Lt. Nappi led a team of firefighters who stretched and operated a hoseline in a mezzanine area of the first floor. While battling the fire, Lt. Nappi became overheated and collapsed. Firefighters from Ladder 112 removed him on a stretcher to the street where he initially was conscious and alert. He was placed in an ambulance and EMS personnel began to treat him when he suddenly became unconscious and suffered cardiac arrest. While paramedics and EMTs continued to work on him, he was rushed by ambulance to Woodhull Hospital where he later died.
Though the cause of the fire remains under investigation by authorities, media reports say that a large pile of cardboard boxes reportedly caught fire on the second floor of the two-story warehouse.
Incident Location: 930 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick.
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Richard A. Nappi at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: George Marshall Sanford
Rank: First Lieutenant
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 50
Date of Incident: 04/15/2012
Time of Incident: 1808hrs
Date of Death: 04/15/2012
Fire Department: Redding Fire & Emergency Medical Services Company # 1
Address: PO Box 86, 186 Black Rock TPKE, Redding, CT 06896
Fire Department Chief: Ron Van Oostendorp
Incident Description: First Lieutenant Sanford succumbed to unknown medical causes in the driver's seat of the fire company ambulance just as he was about to leave the station in response to a fire call.
Incident Location: Pending
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Tribute is being paid to First Lieutenant George Marshall Sanford at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: John C. Winkelman
Rank: Fire Captain
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Status: Caree
Years of Service: 23
Date of Incident: 04/12/2012
Time of Incident: 1457hrs
Date of Death: 04/12/2012
Fire Department: Huntley Fire Protection District
Address: 11808 Coral St. PO Box 517, Huntley, IL 60142
Fire Department Chief: James Saletta
Incident Description: While on assignment as the District's Communications Officer, Captain Winkelman attended an off-shift meeting at the dispatch center. Upon his return home from the meeting, Captain Winkelman was killed in a motor vehicle accident.
Incident Location: Rt. 176 and Mt. Thabor Rd., Crystal Lake, IL
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation will take place on Tuesday 04/17/2012 from 1600-2100hrs at the Cosman Center (Huntley Park District), 12015 Mill ST, Huntley, IL 60142.
A fire department walk through will take place at 1900hrs. Lineup will begin at 1830hrs in the southwest parking lot.
Funeral services will take place on Wednesday 04/18/2012 at 1100hrs at the St. John's Lutheran Church, 6812 Main ST, Union, IL 60180. Visitation at St. John's will be held from 1000-1100hrs. Lineup will be at 1030hrs. Procession to Marengo City cemetery will follow immediately after the funeral service.
Further information can be obtained by contacting Capt. Scott Ravagnie - Huntley Fire at 847-669-2995 or by email sravagnie@huntleyfpd.org.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Captain John C. Winkelman at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: John Earl Wilkinson Jr.
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 27
Date of Incident: 04/12/2012
Time of Incident: 1930hrs
Date of Death: 04/13/2012
Fire Department: Lake Dreamland Fire Department
Address: 4603 Cane Run RD, Louisville, KY 40216
Fire Department Chief: Pending
Incident Description: Fire Chief Wilkinson responded to and worked an outdoor fire call. After returning home and in the early morning hours, Wilkinson experienced a medical emergency initially reported to have been a heart attack. Emergency responders were summoned to the residence but despite all efforts, Chief Wilkinson succumbed to his injury.
Incident Location: Pending
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation, 04/16/2012 from 1200-2000hrs, and 04/17/2012 from 1100-1300hrs, with services to follow at Ornsby Heights Baptist Church, 2120 Lower Hunters Trace, Louisville, KY.
Tribute is being paid to Fire Chief John Earl Wilkinson Jr. at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: John "Jack" Colbert
Rank: Captain
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 39
Date of Incident: 04/06/2012
Time of Incident: 1215hrs
Date of Death: 04/06/2012
Fire Department: Birchwood Fire Department
Address: PO Box 70, 101 N Main St, Birchwood, WI 54817
Fire Department Chief: Jeff Robotka
Incident Description: Captain Colbert responded to the station for a drowning incident. Upon arrival, he worked communications at the station until he fell ill and left for home where he passed away from a heart attack.
Incident Location: Red Cedar Lake (Staging: Loch Lomond Beach Club, 2754 28th Street, Birchwood, WI 54817 (USNG: 15T XL 1078 5089)
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Appleyard Home for Funerals in Rice Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Birchwood.
Tribute is being paid to Captain John "Jack" Colbert at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: Robert Neary
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 37
Name: Daniel Sweeney
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 5
Date of Incident: 04/09/2012
Time of Incident: 0315hrs
Date of Death: 04/09/2012
Fire Department: Philadelphia Fire Department
Address: Fire Admin Bldg, 240 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, PA 19123-2991
Fire Department Chief: Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers
Incident Description: Lieutenant Neary and Firefighter Sweeney, both from Ladder 10, were battling a multi-alarm fire with exposures. While operating inside of one of the exposure structures, a wall collapsed, killing both of them and injuring several other firefighters. Investigation into the incident continues by local and state authorities.
Incident Location: Front Street and York Street (USNG: 18S VK 887 262).
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: Kenny Fox
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 20+
Date of Incident: 04/07/2012
Time of Incident: 0424hrs
Date of Death: 04/07/2012
Fire Department: Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department Station 3
Address: PO Box 159, 19 S East ST, Decaturville, TN 38329
Fire Department Chief: Pending
Incident Description: Fire Chief Fox died from injuries sustained when the roof of a burning bar and grill collapsed on him. Two other firefighters on the interior attack team were injured but according to reports were pushed outside of the structure by Chief Fox just before the collapse. They were both transported to the hospital and treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries. Investigation into the cause of the fire and fatality continues by local and state authorities.
Incident Location: 3098 Highway 412 E, Parsons, TN 38363 (USNG: 16S DE 0311 4408)
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation will be 04/09/2012 from 1000-2100hrs, and on 04/10/2012, 1000-1400hrs, followed immediately by services at the Trinity Assembly of God, 1141 Southwest ST, Decaturville, TN 38329 (telephone: 731-852-4477).
Tribute is being paid to Fire Chief Kenny Fox at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: David Bailey
Rank: Captain
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 18
Date of Incident: 04/03/2012
Time of Incident: 1130hrs
Date of Death: 04/03/2012
Fire Department: Los Angeles County Fire Department
Address: 1320 N Eastern AVE, Los Angeles, CA 90063-3244
Fire Department Chief: Daryl L. Osby
Incident Description: Captain Bailey suffered a fatal medical emergency while engaged in physical fitness activities at Los Angeles County Fire Department Camp 14 in Santa Clarita.
Incident Location: LACoFD Camp 14, San Francisquito Canyon, Map (USNG): 11S LU 6465 2584
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Captain David Bailey at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 31 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2012. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm
Source: FEMA
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