Firefighter Fatality

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: Roy Chelsen

Rank: Firefighter

Age: 51

Gender: Male

Status: Career

Years of Service: Pending

Date of Incident: 09/11/2001

Time of Incident: 0848hrs

Date of Death: 01/09/2011

Fire Department: Fire Department City of New York

Address: 9 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Fire Department Chief: Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano

Incident Description: Firefighter Chelsen passed away from bone-marrow cancer resulting from his response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th, 2001.

Incident Location: World Trade Center, New York City, NY.

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending

Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Roy Chelsen at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/.

To date, three firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2011; two from incidents that occurred in 2011 and one from previous year incidents.  Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm.