Two Firefighters have died in the Line of Duty-here are the updates:
=CALIFORNIA:
Engine Operator Ian Howard, 36, with 14 years of service, was assigned to Engine 16 from the Beckwourth Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest (CA) and prepositioned for firefighting at the Paskenta Work Center on the Mendocino National Forest. Firefighter Howard was stationed overnight in Corning, California, where he was found in the morning of 8-21-2016 deceased from a nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be reported.
==NEW YORK:
Veteran Firefighter Keith Lane, 53, with 33 years of service to the Oceanside, NY (Long Island) VFD died in the line of duty on 8-27-2016.
On August 27th at 0935hrs, Firefighter Lane responded with the Oceanside FD to the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Later that evening at 2110 hrs, dispatch received a call from Firefighter Lane’s daughter stating that Firefighter Lane was on the floor in his house and was unresponsive. OFD Ambulance 242A responded along with other personnel and determined that Firefighter Lane had passed away some hours earlier of an apparent heart attack.
On August 27th at 0935hrs, Firefighter Lane responded with the Oceanside FD to the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Later that evening at 2110 hrs, dispatch received a call from Firefighter Lane’s daughter stating that Firefighter Lane was on the floor in his house and was unresponsive. OFD Ambulance 242A responded along with other personnel and determined that Firefighter Lane had passed away some hours earlier of an apparent heart attack.
Our condolences to all those affected by these two losses. RIP.