USFA LODD: Nebraska Firefighter On-Duty Death Notification 09.11.2016

Firefighter Lowell Satterwhite, 68, responded to an emergency call at 1130hrs on 09/10/2016. Later that day, he returned home and went to bed. At approximately 0030hrs on 09/11/2016, Firefighter Satterwhite suffered an apparent heart attack and was transported to a hospital in Sioux City, IA, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

  

Our condolences to the Satterwhite Family & Friends, Dakota City Fire Department and to all affected by Firefighter Satterwhite’s passing.       

  

To date, 60 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. 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.) 

USFA LODD: Nebraska Fire Captain On-Duty Death Notification 06.27.2016

On June 23, 2016 at 1830hrs, Captain Eric C. Speck, 38, complained of chest pains while on-scene of an emergency medical call. Afterward, he traveled to the hospital where it was found he had suffered a heart attack. Captain Eric C. Speck succumbed to his injury on the morning of June 27, 2016, while in the hospital.

      

Our condolences to the Speck Family & Friends, Dakota City Fire Department, and to all affected by Captain Eric C. Speck’s passing.     

    

To date, 34 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. 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.)