Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202033700 - Fire Fighter Collapses and Dies from Cerebral Hemorrhage

Accident Summary Nr: 202033700 -- Report ID: 0253610 -- Event Date: 01/23/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305445074	02/02/2005	9224	922160	Rensselaer City Fire Department

Abstract: At approximately 2:33 a.m. on January 23, 2005, fire trucks Number 2 and Number 4 of the Rensselaer City Fire Department, were dispatched to a fire and explosion in the detached garage of a house located in Rensselaer, New York. It was estimated that the fire fighters arrived at the scene 7 minutes later. One neighborhood resident saw a fire fighter collapse while he was putting on his turnout gear. The death certificate noted that he died of cerebral hemorrhage.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, HEMORRHAGE, FIRE, FALL, FIRE TRUCK, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305445074			Fatality	Other	Firefighting occupations

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