Pump Operator/Paramedic Alejandro Castro, 40, on November 16,2014 at 2230hrs, was found unresponsive while on-duty inside of Brownsville Fire Station 8. Alejandro Castro had succumbed in the fire station to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be determined.
Our condolences to the Castro Family & Friends, the Brownsville Fire Department, and to all affected by Pump Operator/Paramedic Alejandro Castro's passing.
To date, 77 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page.
(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)
