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Name: John W. Adams
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 5
Date of Incident: 02/20/2009
Time of Incident: 1030hrs
Date of Death: 02/20/2009
Fire Department: Silver City Volunteer Fire Department
Address: 5550 S 433rd West AVE, Jennings, OK 74038
Fire Department Chief: Brutus Beall
Incident Description Nearly a dozen hours after the (600) acre grass firefight had begun; Firefighter Adams collapsed and stopped breathing at approximately 2200hrs while he was backing his fire apparatus along the side of Hwy 51. Adams was assisted by other responders but succumbed to his injury and was pronounced at the scene.
Authorities suspect the fire was intentional because three fires were set within a mile of each other, just moments apart.
Incident Location: Near Mannford, OK.
Map View:
http://www.fidnet.com/~jlmoore/usng/?zoom=10&usng=14SQF4103601559&disp=h
Funeral Arrangements: 1st Baptist Church, 105 Greenwood AVE, Mannford, OK, @ 1130hrs on 02/25/2009.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: The family has requested that any honorariums be made in memory of Firefighter John Adams to the Silver City Volunteer Fire Department, 5550 S 433rd West AVE, Jennings, OK 74038
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter John Adams at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 14 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2009. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online @ http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats.shtm.
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