Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202271813 - Firefighter Is Killed During Multiple Dwelling Fire
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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311351381 | 01/04/2008 | 9224 | 922160 | Nycfd Engine 249 |
Abstract: Sometime after 7:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008, Employee #1 fought a two-alarm fire at the Ebbets Field Houses in Crown Heights, an occupied multiple dwelling unit in Brooklyn, NY, when he became separated from his unit; the smoke and heat were so bad that fellow firefighters could not access Employee #1. Firefighters working on a different floor heard desperate maydays coming from Employee #1, who was losing oxygen. By the time he was found, he had run out of air and was already in cardiac arrest. Employee #1 was killed and four other firefighters and four residents of the building were injured in the fire. It took over one-hundred firefighters to contain the fire.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 311351381 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |