Firefighter Fatality

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

Name: Timothy J. Lamere

Rank: Assistant Chief

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 6

Date of Incident: 08/20/2012

Time of Incident: 2130hrs

Date of Death: 08/21/2012

Fire Department: Constable Volunteer Firemen, Inc.

Address: 1136 ST RT 122, Constable, NY 12926

Fire Department Chief: Jason Trombley

Incident Description: Assistant Chief Lamere collapsed at home following department training. Firefighters from Constable Fire Department and EMTs from Northern Ambulance transported Assistant Chief Lamere to Alice Hyde Medical Center where he later died from a cause still to be determined.

 Incident Location: Constable, NY

Funeral Arrangements: Services will be held Friday, August 24th @ 2 – 4pm & 7 – 9pm at the Constable Fire Station. The funeral will be held on Saturday, August 25th. @ 10am at the Constable Fire Station. Any department wishing to send apparatus for the procession should contact county dispatch.

Tribute is being paid to Assistant Chief Timothy J. Lamere at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, 55 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