>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:22:09 -0500
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Notices of Firefighter Fatality

>This is a message from the FEMA's US Fire Administration.


The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following
firefighter fatality:

Name:  John Tvedten
Rank:  Battalion Chief
Age:  47
Status:  Career
Date of Incident:  12/18/99
Date of Death:  12/18/99
Fire Department:  Chief Rick Brisben, Kansas City Fire Department, Third
Floor, City Hall, 414 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO  64106
Cause of Death:  Died from smoke inhalation at warehouse fire.
Funeral:  12/22/99, Kansas City, MO

Tribute is being paid to Battalion Chief Tvedten at
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem


>The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following
>firefighter fatalities:
>
>Name:  Gregory Rodgers
>Rank:  Firefighter/EMT
>Age:  50
>Status:  Volunteer
>Date of Incident:  December 13, 1999
>Date of Death:  December 13, 1999
>Fire Department:  Chief Carl Archer, Dresden Volunteer Fire Department,
>P.O. Box 687, 21 West 9th Street, Dresden, Ohio  43821
>Cause of Death:  Apparent heart attack at barn fire.
>Funeral:  December 17, 1999, Dresden United Methodist Church, Dresden, Ohio
>
>Name:  Jerry Wayne Ramey
>Rank:  Firefighter
>Age:  18
>Status:  Volunteer
>Date of Incident:  11/3/99
>Date of Death:  11/3/99
>Fire Department:  Chief Mitchell McCorkle, West Fork Fire Department, P.O.
>Box 699, West Fork, Arkansas  72774
>Cause of Death:  Electrocuted by downed power line at investigation of
>possible fire.
>Funeral:  11/8/99,  Greenland, Arkansas
>
>Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Rodgers and Firefighter Ramey at
>http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem
>
>
>
>



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Randall L. Hormann
Miami University                6 Hughes Hall (EHSO)
Fire/Safety Specialist          Oxford, Ohio 45056
Fire Safety Inspector           Office: 513-529-2461
http://www.ehs.muohio.edu/      Fax:    513-529-2830
Alpha Numeric E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]

State:   Fire Safety Inspector - Instructor (Ohio)
Chair:   International Assoc. of Campus Fire Safety Officials
Member:  Ohio Fire Chiefs Assoc., Fire Code Committee.
Member:  Ohio Fire Officials Association.
Advisor: Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Fraternity.
Advisor: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma - National Honor Society.

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