Firefighter Fatality

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

Name: Doug Haase, Sr.

Rank: Senior Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 27
Date of Incident: 02/01/2012
Time of Incident: 0710hrs
Date of Death: 02/01/2012

Fire Department: St. Charles Fire Department

Address: 118 N. 2nd Street, Suite 200, St. Charles, MO 63301
Fire Department Chief: Ernie Rhodes

Incident Description: Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Doug Haase, Sr., passed away while on duty from a cause still to be reported.

Incident Location: 1550 S Main ST, St. Charles, MO (Station 2)

Funeral Arrangements: Provided courtesy of http://www.mofirefuneral.org/:
Visitation is Sunday, February 5, 2012, from 2pm to 8pm. Firefighter walk through at 730pm. McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379
Funeral services are Monday, February 6, 2012, at 11am, also located at McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, MO 63379
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Family requests in lieu of flowers please donate to The BackStoppers, P.O. Box 66927, St. Louis, MO 63166

Tribute is being paid to Senior Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Doug Haase, Sr., at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/fatalities/

To date, nine (9) 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