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The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:
Name: Kevin M. Kelley
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 30
Date of Incident: 01/09/2009
Time of Incident: 1430hrs
Date of Death: 01/09/2009
Fire Department:
Address:
Fire Department Chief: Kevin P. MacCurtain
Fire Department Website: http://www.cityofboston.gov/fire/
Incident Description: Several firefighters on board Boston Fire Department's Ladder 26, a 1995 E-ONE 110' RMA, were seriously injured when for a cause still to be determined the truck was unable to stop while coming down Parker Hill Ave, shortly after clearing a medical assistance call.
Lieutenant Kevin Kelly passed away at the scene from his injuries.
The apparatus, at the bottom of the steep hill, reportedly left no skid marks as it crossed
There were no pedestrians or residents of the building reported to have been injured in the incident and investigation continues into the cause.
Seat belts: Unknown
Incident Location:
Map View:
http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=18&usng=19TCG2622188943&disp=h
Funeral Arrangements: Pending. Updates will be posted at http://www.bostonfirelocal718.org
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending. Updates will be posted at http://www.bostonfirelocal718.org
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Kevin M. Kelley at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 3 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2009. 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,
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