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Name: Antonio Rodriques
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 12
Date of Incident: 05/09/2012
Time of Incident: Pending
Date of Death: 07/31/2012
Fire Department: Yonkers Fire Department
Address: 5-7 New School ST, Yonkers, NY 10701
Fire Department Chief: Acting Fire Commissioner John Flynn
Incident Description: Firefighter Rodriques passed away from complications related to a hemorrhagic stroke he suffered during fire department training.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Antonio Rodriques at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: Jim Reardon
Rank: Firefighter/Photographer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 4
Date of Incident: 08/04/2012
Time of Incident: 1630hrs
Date of Death: 08/04/2012
Fire Department: Fire Academy of North Dakota
Address: 104 3rd AVE NW, Suite 202, Mandan, ND 58554
Fire Department Chief: Darrell Graf
Incident Description: While participating in an exploratory dive in preparation for an upcoming North Dakota Fire Academy SCUBA exercise, Firefighter Reardon passed away from a cause still to be determined.
Incident Location: Lake Seven (Scalp Lake), Frazee, MN
Funeral Arrangements: Wake, 08/10/2012, 1600-2000hrs at St. Michael Catholic Church, 9251 Highway 25, Buckman, MN; Funeral, 08/11/2012, 1100hrs at St. Michael Catholic Church.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter/Photographer Jim Reardon at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
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Name: Jon Tibbetts
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 35
Date of Incident: 07/23/2012
Time of Incident: 0823hrs
Date of Death: 07/23/2012
Fire Department: Sandoval County Fire Department
Address: PO Box 40, 1500 Idalia RD, Building D, Bernalillo, NM 87004
Fire Department Chief: Interim Fire Chief James Maxon
Incident Description: Fire Chief Tibbetts was enroute to administer a physical abilities test to a newly hired county employee at a location other than his normal duty station. While traveling on Interstate 25, Tibbetts was struck by another driver causing the fire department vehicle he was operating to roll twice, cross over a retaining wall, and come to a final resting position on the vehicle's roof. Chief Tibbets died at the scene of the crash from the injuries he sustained.
Incident Location: Interstate 25 just south of Bernalillo (MM 239)
Funeral Arrangements: 07/27/2012
Tribute is being paid to Fire Chief Jon Tibbetts at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 50 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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The AFG and SAFER grant programs provide needed funding to the fire and emergency services. Reauthorization of these programs is crtical for their long-term viability. 