Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Deputy Chief SuffersUnwitnessed Sudden Cardiac Death While Fighting a Wildland Fire in Steep Terrain in Massachusetts, April 8, 1999

摘要

On April 8, 1999, a 64-year-old male Deputy Chief of a paid call fire departmentwas found in cardiac arrest at the scene of a wildland fire. The victim died despite CPR and BLS administered by fellow firefighters and EMT's at the scene and ALS administerd by paramedics and hosptial emergency department personnel. NIOSH was notified of this fatality on April 12, 1999, by the United States Fire Administration. On July 27, 1999, NIOSH contacted the affected fire department to initiate the investigation. On September 1, 1999, a Nurse Epidemiologist and an Industrial Hygienist from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Team traveled to Massachusettes to conduct an onsite investigation.