Firefighter Fatality

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:

Name: George Marshall Sanford

Rank: First Lieutenant

Age: 67

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 50

Date of Incident: 04/15/2012

Time of Incident: 1808hrs

Date of Death: 04/15/2012

Fire Department: Redding Fire & Emergency Medical Services Company # 1

Address: PO Box 86, 186 Black Rock TPKE, Redding, CT 06896

Fire Department Chief: Ron Van Oostendorp

Incident Description: First Lieutenant Sanford succumbed to unknown medical causes in the driver’s seat of the fire company ambulance just as he was about to leave the station in response to a fire call.

Incident Location: Pending

Funeral Arrangements: Pending

 

Tribute is being paid to First Lieutenant George Marshall Sanford at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 30 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2012. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm.