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Name: Brett Stearns
Rank: Captain
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 10
Date of Incident: 06/26/2009
Time of Incident: 1630hrs
Date of Death: 06/26/2009
Fire Department: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Little Snake Field Office
Address: 455 Emerson Street, Craig, CO 81625
Fire Department Chief: Field Manager John Husband
Incident Description: While working at Freeman Reservoir on a hazard tree abatement project with a dozen other BLM firefighters, Captain Stearns was struck and killed by a falling tree.
Incident Location: Freeman Reservoir
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Captain Brett Stearns at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 52 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 51 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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