U.S. Fire Administration Firefighter Fatality Notification - Brownsville, TX
U.S. Fire Administration sent this bulletin at 08/13/2013 03:40 PM EDTPlease reply to this message if you are experiencing technical difficulty. For all other inquiries, please Contact USFA.
You are subscribed to the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) Firefighter Fatality Notices e-mail list. A notice(s) has recently been added and is now available.
USA Firefighter Fatality Notification
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality:
Name: Juan Pablo Casanova
Rank: Pump Operator/Engineer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 19
Date of Incident: 07/16/2013
Time of Incident: 0800hrs
Date of Death: 08/10/2013
Fire Department: Brownsville Fire Department
Address: 1150 East Adams, 2nd Floor, Brownsville, TX 78520
Fire Department Chief: Leonardo Perez
Incident Description: Pump Operator/Engineer Casanova suffered a heart attack while on duty. Casanova experienced three more heart attacks while in the hospital where he passed away on August 10th.
Incident Location: Fire Station #2, 536 West St. Charles, Brownsville, TX 78520.
Tribute is being paid to Pump Operator/Engineer Juan Pablo Casanova at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 75 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2013. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics