A 24-year veteran of the Sacramento Fire Department suffered significant back injuries, fracturing his lower spine in a fall Saturday night from the roof of a Rosemont area home where he was fighting a fire, officials said today.
The injured firefighter was identified as Capt.Gene Dibble. He was hospitalized at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento following the mishap shortly after 9 p.m. at the 3300 block of Huntsman Drive, a spokesman reported.
Spokesman Jonathan Burgess said Dibble has been a captain with the department since December 2002.
Dibble is expected to recover without paralysis, Burgess said.
