Firefighter Fatality

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:
 
Name: Gregory S. Baker
Rank: Fire Chief
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: Pending
Date of Incident: 11/20/2011
Time of Incident: 0100hrs
Date of Death: 11/20/2011
 
Fire Department: Lewisville Volunteer Fire Department
Address: PO Box 115, 33393 Firehouse Lane, Lewisville, OH 43754
Fire Department Chief: Pending

Incident Description: Fire Chief Baker responded to a structure fire and while working at a tanker fill site became ill. According to initial reports, Chief Baker was treated by fellow responders who placed him on a heart monitor and called for a medical helicopter. Chief Baker was flown to a Wheeling West Virginia hospital where he passed away several hours later from an apparent heart attack.

 
Incident Location: Skin Creek Road, about seven miles northwest of Woodsfield.
 
Funeral Arrangements: Friends will be received at the Skyvue Elementary School, 33329 Hartshorn Ridge Road, Graysville, Ohio from 2-8 p.m. Friday (11/25) where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Richard Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship Cemetery, Lewisville, Ohio.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Memorial contributions may be made to the Lewisville Volunteer Fire Department c/o Troy Christman 47707 State Route 145, Lewisville, Ohio 43754.

Tribute is being paid to Fire Chief Gregory S. Baker at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

 
To date, 80 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2011; 74 from incidents that occurred in 2011 and six from previous years’ 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.