[FIRE-L:19637] Notice of Firefighter Fatalities - Chicago, IL and Miller Place, NY

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This is a message from the FEMA's US Fire Administration.

The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following firefighter fatalities:

Name: L.C. Merrell
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 43
Status: Career
Date of Incident: April 29, 2000
Date of Death: April 29, 2000
Fire Department: Chief James Joyce, Chicago Fire Department, 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 105, Chicago, IL 60602
Cause of Death: Ejected from ladder truck when hit by a landscape truck while enroute to a false alarm.

Name: Frederick L. Brain
Rank: Fire Police
Age: 76
Status: Volunteer
Date of Incident: March 19, 2000
Date of Death: April 24, 2000
Fire Department: Chief Neal Flatley, Miller Place Fire Department, 12 Miller Place Road, Miller Place, New York 11764
Cause of Death: Apparent heart attack at the scene of a motor vehicle accident.
Funeral: April 27, 2000, Sound Beach, New York

Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Merrell and Fire Police Officer Brain at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem

Additional information on firefighter fatalities may be found on the USFA web site at:

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/ff_casualties.htm

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