"This is a very tragic loss for the family, the city and the entire community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mize family and the League City Volunteer Fire Department," said Mayor Tim Paulissen.
Firefighter Cadet Donald Mize, 62, of the League Volunteer Fire Department, League City, Texas, on March 6, 2013 at 1956 hrs, was cooling down after the training exercise at the department's training facility when he fell ill from a cause still to be determined. Firefighter Mize was treated and transported to the hospital but succumbed to his injury.
Our condolences to the Mize Family & Friends, the League Volunteer Fire Department and to all affected by Firefighter Cadet Donald Mize's passing.
To date, 10 firefighter fatalities has been reported to USFA in 2013. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page.
"We are deeply saddened by the painful loss of one of our own, and we
will do our best to support his immediate family as well as his firefighter
families in both Bloomington and Hudson," said Bloomington Fire Chief Mike
Kimmerling. "Thank you for all the support we have received so far and will
continue to need in order to move forward.
Firefighter Christopher R. Brown, 39, of the Hudson Community Fire Protection District, Hudson, Illinois, on March 5, 2013 at 2145 hrs, was working with other responders on a multiple-vehicle accident on Interstate 39 when at approximately 2245 hrs a southbound semi-tractor trailer lost control and slid into the accident scene killing firefighter Brown and injuring six members of the Hudson Fire Departments.
Christopher R. Brown leaves behind a wife and two young children.
Our
condolences to the Brown Family
& Friends, the Hudson Fire Departments and
to all affected by Firefighter Christopher R. Brown's
passing.
To date, 9 firefighter fatalities has been reported to USFA in 2013. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page.
To date, 9 firefighter fatalities has been reported to USFA in 2013. 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.)
