Notice of Firefighter Fatality - Haugan, MT

Notice of Firefighter Fatality - Haugen, MT

Name: Jerry Parrick
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: Unk
Date of Incident: 12/17/2008
Time of Incident: 1200hrs
Date of Death: 12/17/2008 
Fire Department: West End Volunteer Fire Department 
Fire Department Address: Haugan, MT 59842 (11T PN 1947 4943)
Fire Department Chief: Bruce Charles

Incident Description: Firefighter Parrick was inside of his personal vehicle warning motorists with his truck’s emergency lighting.  He was stopped on a curved section of roadway near the scene of a motor vehicle accident. A FedEx semi-tractor trailer slowed and attempted to move to another lane of travel but was unable to successfully do so, striking Parrick's vehicle. Firefighter Parrick was partially ejected from his truck and passed away at the scene from his injuries.  Weather and road conditions were reported to have been possible contributing factors to the initial and subsequent accident.

Incident Location: Interstate 90 near mile marker 17 (USNG: 11T PN 2229 4821) 

Map View:

http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=14&usng=11TPN22294821&disp=h
 

Funeral Arrangements:  Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address:  Pending 
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Jerry Parrick at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/ 

To date, 108 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2008 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2008 and one from a prior year incident. USFA does not have a Line-of-Duty-Death (LODD) criterion nor does it make LODD determinations. Please note, running totals of firefighter fatalities used on these initial notices do not necessarily reflect the number of firefighter fatalities used in totals for the(provisional) monthly year-to-date USFA firefighter fatality reports, or year-end (provisional) reports posted online(http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm)

Firefighter fatalities in USFA reports are summarized by date/year-of-incident. Initial notices posted online(http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/) and distributed via USFA listserve do not represent the final on-duty firefighter fatality determination by USFA for such reports, nor LODD determination made by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (http://www.FireHero.org)for names added each subsequent year to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD,they are the beginning of a research process for each firefighter fatality reported so that such determinations can be made. 

  

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