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Name: Cohnway M. Johnson
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: Pending
Date of Incident: 04/29/2009
Time of Incident: 0710hrs
Date of Death: 05/05/2009
Fire Department: Houston Fire Department
Address: 1205 Dart ST, Houston, TX 77007
Fire Department Chief: Phil Boriskie
Incident Description: Firefighter Johnson passed away while in the hospital from a cause still to be determined. Several days earlier, Johnson collapsed while at the Houston Fire Department Val Jahnke Training Facility after participating in department mandated physical fitness training activity (a formation run). Firefighter Johnson was enrolled in Houston Fire Department’s “Certified Firefighter/EMT Fast Track” Academy Class which is made up of members who are Texas Certified Firefighters and have a Texas Department of State Health Services EMT Basic or Higher.
Incident Location: 8030 Braniff, Houston, Texas 77061.
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Cohnway M. Johnson at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 38 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 37 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and one from a previous year incident. 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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