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Name: William Roger Vorwark
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 5
Date of Incident: 03/14/2009
Time of Incident: 1327hrs
Date of Death: 03/14/2009
Fire Department: Odessa Fire & Rescue Protection District
Address: PO Box 345, 301 W Dryden, Odessa, MO 64076
Fire Department Chief: Kevin Campbell
Incident Description: Lieutenant Vorwark was working the third outdoor fire call of the day, mopping up hotspots, when he collapsed from an apparent heart attack. Vorwark’s crew carried him back to their apparatus parked along the roadway nearby where they immediately began CPR and utilized their AED. All efforts to revive Lt. Vorwark, however, were unsuccessful.
Incident Location: 2261 SR H, Lafayette County
Funeral Arrangements: Pending, updates posted @ www.mofirefuneral.org
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In honor of Lieutenant William Roger Vorwark, C/o Odessa Fire & Rescue Protection District, PO Box 345, 301 W Dryden, Odessa, MO 64076.
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant William Roger Vorwark at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 20 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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