USFA LODD: Texas Firefighter On-Duty Death 11.16.2014

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.) 

USFA: Texas Fire Pump Operator/Engineer LODD: On-Duty Death 08.10.2013

Pump Operator/Engineer Juan Pablo Casanova, 53, on July 16, 2013 at 0800hrs, suffered a heart attack while on duty. Juan Casanova experienced three more heart attacks while in the hospital where he passed away on August 10, 2013.

Our condolences to the Casanova Family & Friends, the Brownsville Fire Department, and to all affected Pump/Engineer Juan Pablo Casanova's passing. 

   
To date, 75 firefighter fatalities have 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.)